Re: How to install only derived file, not its .in?

[Brad Larsen]

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:57:23 -0500, Ralf Wildenhues  
<address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Ralf,

> * Brad Larsen wrote on Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:11:11PM CET:
> > I guess I wasn't clear enough.  In section 4.7.2 of the autoconf manual,
> > it says:
> [...]
> > That's why I'm having the makefile (which autoconf generates) do the
> > substitution rather than calling AC_OUTPUT_FILES([runme]) or
> > AC_CONFIG_FILES([runme]).  (I tried the latter strategies without
> > success---the substitutions would end up with '${prefix}' or
> > '${exec_prefix}' in them, which would probably be undefined when runme  
> > is
> > actually executed.  And since I am using a makefile to generate the
> > derived script 'runme', 'make distclean' doesn't remove it unless I add  
> > it
> > to DISTCLEANFILES---otherwise 'make distcheck' fails.
>
> OK.  Then leave in the DISTCLEANFILES, and mention runme.in only in
> EXTRA_DIST, or only in noinst_DATA if you like (dunno if the latter
> works).
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf

Thanks!  I used the first method you mentioned and it works.

Cheers,
Brad Larsen