Re: AM Conditional for SUBDIRS

[Vikram Ambrose]

Monty Taylor wrote:
> Vikram Ambrose wrote:
>   
> > I have a problem trying to conditional include a subdir into a build
> > configuration or not.
> >
> > I have tried two things.
> > 1)
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > SUBDIRS = pkgA pkgB
> >
> > if BUILD_pkgC
> >   SUBDIRS += pkgC
> > endif
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > 2)
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > SUBDIRS = pkgA pkgB $(extra_pkgs)
> >
> > extra_pkgs =
> > if BUILD_pkgC
> >   extra_pkgs += pkgC
> > endif
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Both of which work, for make; make install; make clean; but when i try
> > to make dist or make distclean, they fail. I do a test in configure.ac
> > to conditional set AC_CONFIG_FILES([pkgc/Makefile])
> >
> > How do I do this properly?
> >     
>
> You need to add the dir into DIST_SUBDIRS variable
>   
Tried that, does the same thing.  Since my extra pkg doesnt get included 
as a AC_CONFIG_FILES there is no makefile in there. And thats why make 
dist* doesnt work.

Vikram