Re: How to install data / lib in more than 1 place?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019, Georg-Johann Lay wrote:

> Hi, I have an automake file with rules for a lib like this:
>
> __install_dir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/$(AVR_INSTALL_DIR)
>
> avrdir = $(__install_dir)
> avrlibdir = $(__install_dir)
>
> avr_LIBRARIES = libdev.a
> nodist_libdev_a_SOURCES = ...
>
> What would be the recommended way to install libdev.a also in several 
> sub-folders like in $(avrlibdir)/dir1 $(avrlibdir)/dir2 etc.?
>
> Currently, there are a bunch of SUBDIRS which are all generating the same 
> binary, it's just that they are installed in a slightly different place.

It seems that Automake supports a 'dir' syntax which allows using the 
standard target suffixes (e.g. _DATA) in an arbitrary way.  This works 
for me:

# Pkgconfig directory
pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig

# Files to install in Pkgconfig directory
pkgconfig_DATA = foo.pc

This should allow you to have

avrfoodir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/foo

avrbardir = $(prefix)/avr/lib/bar

and then possibly this might work:

avrfoo_LIBRARIES = libfoo.a

avrbar_LIBRARIES = libbar.a

Bob
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