Re: installing a whole directory

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:30:12AM CEST:
> > the problem is that I should list all the files manually, and I'd need  
> > to install all the files generated by doxygen...
>
> > Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > ## This rule requires Autoconf 2.62 or newer.
> > > install-data-local:
> > >         @$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
> > >         $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(help_dir)
> > >         $(INSTALL_DATA) *_help.txt $(DESTDIR)$(help_dir)
> > >
> > > ## Warning: the following rule assumes that this package is the
> > > ## sole owner of files below $(help_dir)!
> > > uninstall-local:
> > >         @$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
> > >         rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(help_dir)/*_help.txt
> > so this should be fine, and there's no need to list files explicitly, is  
> > that right?
>
> Yes.  The install rule however does not yet ensure that all *_help.txt
> files have been generated at this point.  You need to ensure that in
> some other way, e.g., by some
>   all-local: run-doxygen
>
> rule or so.

yes, I was already planning to do that.

thanks again, and I hope I can provide positive feedback :-)

cheers
        Lorenzo

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