Re: Variable defition works in configure.ac, but not in external file?

[Richard Bos]

Ralf,

Op zondag 13 november 2005 02:55, schreef Ralf Wildenhues:
> Hi Richard,
>
> * Richard Bos wrote on Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 12:00:16AM CET:
> > Problem: a variable remains undefined during 'make distcheck',
> > although, it is present in the file that is included by Makefile.am.
>
> *snip*
>
> > The file dist_conf/kolab (@distribution@) included by configure.ac as
> > follows: AC_ARG_ENABLE([dist],
> >   [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dist=DIST],
> >      [distribution target (default: openpkg)])],
> >      [distribution=dist_conf/$enable_dist],
> >    [distribution=dist_conf/kolab])
> > AC_SUBST_FILE(distribution)
>
> Shot in the dark: Maybe you want
>   distribution=$srcdir/dist_conf/kolab
> instead?  If you do VPATH builds (source tree != build tree), you should
> encounter the problem there as well.

You hit the 'bull' :))  Thanks a lot!

-- 
Richard Bos
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