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Re: suggestions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: suggestions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:58:02 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
Hi Lorenzo,
* Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 09:20:05AM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>> * Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 08:15:01PM CEST:
>>
>>> Yes I know, and these are those files; I was thinking of distributing
>>> since my macro (for my library) relies on boost regex, so I wanted
>>> to check also for boost regex library inside my macro
>>
>> You are correct in that you should have those files in your source tree,
>> and it is fine if you distribute them in your package tarballs, but
>> since your package is not the principal owner of these macro files, you
>> should not *install* them. That's the crucial difference.
>>
>> So, instead of the two lines quoted above, it would be ok to write
>> EXTRA_DIST = ax_boost_base.m4 ax_boost_regex.m4
>>
>> However, in case you are using these macros in your configure.ac anyway,
>> then automake will already take care of adding them to your distribution
>> tarball anyway, even without the EXTRA_DIST line.
> but if I don't install them, then the users that want to use my macro
> will have to get the additional files themselves, and that would make my
> macro for my library useless at that point, wouldn't it?
In what way is that different from installed third-party header files?
You wouldn't install them with your package either, but still require
their presence on your users' systems.
Cheers,
Ralf
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