[Glade-users] Calling another makefile from Makefile.am

Damon Chaplin damon@ximian.com
Tue, 29 May 2001 17:27:34 -0400


"Felix E. Klee" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to "call" a target in another makefile that resides in a
> subdirectory of my project; from the command line I have to call "make
> -f newmat/gnu.mak libnewmat". What should I add to Makefile.am to make
> that happen automatically?

I'm not too good on build stuff, but you may be able to do something
like this:

all-local:
	make -f newmat/gnu.mak libnewmat


But maybe you should just set SUBDIRS so the subdirectory gets built
automatically.

 
> BTW, where can I find comprehensive documentation for the parameters
> that I can set in Makefile.am?

There is info documentation about make, automake and autoconf.
There is also a book about automake, autoconf and libtool online:
  http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/

Damon