Re: source code in several directories

[jmcferreira]

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Thx. I did not realise that.... all this is still very new stuff for me. I
will do as you suggest

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> The directory structure seems fine to me.  Not one I could choose but
> it does work okay.  I have worked with other projects with a similar
> structure with includes off to the side.

thx. that is quite reasuring for me...

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>> - how do I tell the tools that all headers are to be found in the
>> include
>> dir ? in the top-level Makefile.am or in the src one ? what goes in each
>> of them ?
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> In the src/Makefile.am file add a cpp include directory that tells the
> compiler to look for the include files in the "include" directory.
> Your hand build Makefiles would have needed something similar.  Simply
> use the same options for automake to use too.
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> This adds directory relative to the src directory to the include
> directory.  This would be my personal preference.
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>   AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/../include
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> This adds a directory relative to the top level source directory.  I
> could not guess at what your exact directory structure would be and
> you will need to adjust this as needed to match your hierarchy.
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>   AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/ourlib/include
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> Use one or the other, not both.  I showed two example choices.

thx again. your explanations are clear. I will try it out.

Joao

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