Re: install: install-am dependency absent from Makefile.in

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Magnien <address@hidden> writes:

Eric> When I add these lines to a Makefile.am:
Eric> install: install-foo
Eric> install-foo:
Eric>   true

This won't work.

Eric> This problem (is it a problem or a feature?) did not occur with
Eric> automake-1.4d.  It occurs with 1.4f and 1.4g (on i586-linux-gnu
Eric> and mips-sgi-irix6.2 machines)

I'm suprised this ever worked.

Automake lets you override targets it generates with targets of your
own.  However, it is nearly always a bad idea to actually do this.

If you really need your own install target, use install-exec-local or
install-data-local.  (FYI your above code broke the `install-exec' and
`install-data' targets...)

I'm pretty sure -local targets are documented in the manual.

Tom