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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 3470

Automake: Include extra files in default sources

I'm writing some simple tests for my library, and I'm trying to keep my Makefile.am file as tidy as I can, so I'm trying to rely on the default _SOURCES functionality. This is my current Makefile.am:

AM_CPPFLAGS = $(MYLIB_CFLAGS) -I..
AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .vala
AM_LDFLAGS = $(MYLIB_LIBS)
VALAFLAGS = -D GLIB_2_32 --vapidir=../ --pkg mylib_internal --pkg libsoup-2.4 --pkg json-glib-1.0 --pkg gee-1.0

TESTS = autocomplete
check_PROGRAMS = autocomplete

autocomplete_LDADD = ../mylib.la
autocomplete_SOURCES = autocomplete.vala common.vala

CLEANFILES = *.c

If I leave out the autocomplete_SOURCES variable, autocomplete.vala is automatically used, and that's great (as per the default _SOURCES functionality), but I need to include common.vala as well. In fact, every test program I am going to write will want to have this common.vala in their source file list. Is there a way for me to not having to specify the *_SOURCES for every single test program I write?

Bonus: They will all want to have mylib.la in their *_LDADD as well, so again, is there a way for me to accomplish this globally, instead of having to have it specified for every test program?

EDIT: I figured out that you can just use LDADD without the prefix to get it to apply to every compiled program. That helps a bit... now to figure out the *_SOURCES...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 518

Answers (1)

Tom Tromey
Tom Tromey

Reputation: 22529

There isn't a way to do this.

You can introduce a variable that you use everywhere, if you want:

general_stuff = whatever.vala
x_SOURCES = $(general_stuff) ...
y_SOURCES = $(general_stuff) ...

Upvotes: 1

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