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Re: make install doesn't?


From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Subject: Re: make install doesn't?
Date: 13 Apr 2002 20:01:25 +0200
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>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 >> You've supplied a rule for a target that is usually output by
 >> Automake, so Automake assumes....

 Bruce> Um, no, I did not supply a rule.  I supplied a
 Bruce> *dependency*.  Rules are followed by shell scripts.
 Bruce> That is an important distinction.  If there is
 Bruce> documentation on another way to accomplish this, I
 Bruce> cannot find it in the 1.5d version of the docs.

As far `install: install-man3' is concerned, you could replace
it with

  install-data-local: install-man3

(When an install-data-local rule exists it is automatically
added to the prerequisites of install-data-am, which itself is
required by ... etc., etc., ... required by `install'.)

This doesn't answer your general question, however.

[...]
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz




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