Re: Installing (everything in) a generated directory

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Braden" == Braden McDaniel <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Braden> html: manual/index.html

(This should be html-local, BTW; try running automake -Wall.)

[...]

 Braden> ... then I run into problems in "make install":

 Braden> Making install in doc
 Braden> make[2]: Entering directory 
`/home/braden/src/openvrml/openvrml/BUILD/openvrml-0.14.99/_build/doc'
 Braden> make[3]: Entering directory 
`/home/braden/src/openvrml/openvrml/BUILD/openvrml-0.14.99/_build/doc'
 Braden> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 Braden> /usr/bin/doxygen

There is something wrong in your dependencies if make attempts
to rebuild the documentation even when it already exists.
Perhaps Doxyfile is a non-distributed build file?  See the
distcleancheck node of the manual for some discussion about
this kind of dependency and a possible workaround.

[...]

 Braden> Again, using dist-hook to copy the files instead of listing "manual" in
 Braden> EXTRA_DIST circumvents this problem.

Hiding the bug instead of fixing it?  (It's a bug if the
documentation you distribute is always rebuilt when a user
attempt a VPATH build.  There is no point in distributing
the doc if users have to rebuild it anyway.)
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz