[PATCH] VPATH build of viewres, xedit, xfd, xgc, and xgc fails

[Peter Breitenlohner]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:

> There is, however, a radically different idea. Originally the app default
> file, e.g., Xmessage was distributed as Xmessage.ad for the sake of case
> insensitive filesystems in order not to cause conflict with the executable
> xmessage.  Now the application defaults are distributed in the subdirectory
> app-defaults and there is no reason not to distribute them under their final
> name.  That would certainly simplify the Makefile.ams.  The problem to
> create that subdirectory in the build tree would be restricted to cases such
> as xedit where either Xedit-print or Xedit-noprint is installed as Xedit.

And even that could be done by configure, e.g., for xedit:

 	if test x$enable_xprint = xyes; then
 		AC_CONFIG_LINKS([app-defaults/Xedit:app-defaults/Xedit-xprint])
 	else
 		AC_CONFIG_LINKS([app-defaults/Xedit:app-defaults/Xedit-noxprint])
 	fi

Regards,
Peter Breitenlohner <peb at mppmu.mpg.de>