Re: About non-recursive automake

On 10/10/25 19:34, Eduardo Costa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using non-recursive (auto)make for a while, and I couldn't
> be happier with it.
> 
> Now, I have a sub-project that uses some of the sources of the main
> one, and I'd like to build them both at once in a controlled manner,
> where the main project calls on this new subproject when time has
> come. So I moved the new thing into a subdirectory of the main project
> and tried to set it up.
> 
> Both require of command-line options, which is why I need two
> `configure.ac's, but I could go by using `AX_SUBDIRS_CONFIGURE'
> without much of a hassle.
> 
> I can configure both at once, still build the main project as normal,
> but`autoreconf' now complaints about variables such like
> `bin_PROGRAMS' being defined twice, and I can't seem to be able to
> build this new subproject as a part of the whole build.

You just have to use the `+=` operator instead of plain `=` for the 
variable. Make sure your sub project `Makefile.am` is `include`'d after 
your main `bin_PROGRAMS` is already assigned.

> 
> I can compile it alone by using the `-C' flag, but including it's
> top-level `Makefile.am' doesn't seem to be doing anything.
> 
> So my questions are: during the build as a whole, how can I call into
> this new subproject whenever I need to? And is it possible to get rid
> of the warnings thrown by `autoreconf' so I'm not offending anybody?
> 
> Thanks,
> 


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