Re: Management for relative paths in global build parameters

2017-06-09 Thread SF Markus Elfring
> Read up on the differences between builddir and srcdir, current and top_, > relative and abs_. > These are all preset output variables in Autoconf. Thanks for your reminder. I submitted a similar clarification request also for this software area. “Management for relative paths in global buil

Re: Management for relative paths in global build parameters

2017-06-08 Thread Daniel Herring
Hi Markus, This question goes somewhat out of what make provides and into how to configure your makefiles. Autoconf has a fairly good story for this. You can steal ideas without using the tool. Read up on the differences between builddir and srcdir, current and top_, relative and abs_. Th

Re: Management for relative paths in global build parameters

2017-06-08 Thread SF Markus Elfring
> Relative paths are fine when including makefiles from sub-directories. > What matters is that targets use *consistent* paths. Thanks for your feedback. I would like to clarify dependencies for other build system details a bit more. > This assumes your make system is non-recursive, of course.

Re: Management for relative paths in global build parameters

2017-06-07 Thread Duane Griffin
Hi Markus, I'm not entirely sure what you are asking, so apologies if I'm telling you things you already know... Relative paths are fine when including makefiles from sub-directories. What matters is that targets use *consistent* paths. You can't safely refer to the same target with a relative an

Management for relative paths in global build parameters

2017-06-07 Thread SF Markus Elfring
Hello, Software development projects can grow in the way that corresponding components will be stored in several subdirectories. Such a project organisation has got consequences on the management of some dependencies. Now I am looking for advanced support possibilities by the make software once m