Discussion:
subdir-objects generates subdirs with unsubstituted variable names
R. Diez
2014-10-06 19:23:36 UTC
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Hi there:

I have the following open-source project that cross-compiles to an embedded target:

https://github.com/rdiez/JtagDue


I am trying to keep automake happy in order to prevent the following kind of warnings:

EmptyFirmware/Makefile.am:41: warning: source file '$(CMSIS_SRC_TEMPLATE_DIR)/system_sam3x.c' is in a subdirectory,
EmptyFirmware/Makefile.am:41: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled


After all, as far as I am concerned, automake can create as many subdirectories as it wants in the build directory. However, when I add option "subdir-objects", automate generates subdirectories like this when compiling:

drwxrwxr-x 3 rdiez rdiez 4,096 Oct 6 20:53 $(BARE_METAL_SUPPORT_DIR)
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rdiez rdiez 30,584 Oct 6 20:53 Makefile


Note that the directory name contains a GNU Make variable that has not been
substituted. Later on, linking fails because it does substitute properly when looking for the file. For example:

Makefile:424: /home/rdiez/rdiez/arduino/asf-standalone-archive-3.19.0.95/sam/utils/cmsis/sam3x/source/templates/.deps/libcmsis_a-system_sam3x.Po: No such file or directory


I looked further around the in build directory, and I found more directories like that:

$ find . -name "\$*"
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/CmsisMakefile/$(CMSIS_BASE_DIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/AsfForEmptyFirmware/$(ASF_BASEDIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/JtagFirmware/$(BARE_METAL_SUPPORT_DIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/AsfForJtagFirmware/$(LIBSAM_PMC_DIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/AsfForJtagFirmware/$(ASF_BASEDIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/AsfForJtagFirmware/$(LIBSAM_USB_UDC_DIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/AsfForJtagFirmware/$(LIBSAM_USB_UDI_CDC_DEVICE_DIR)
./JtagDue/JtagDue-obj/EmptyFirmware/$(BARE_METAL_SUPPORT_DIR)

Note that the $(ASF_BASEDIR) etc. variables have not been expanded either when creating those directories. Those variables do work well all over the place, as I am using "AC_SUBST(ASF_BASEDIR)" and so on in the top-level configure.ac file. I guess autoconf or automake are not dealing correctly with those absolute paths outside the project directory when they contain variables.

I am using Ubuntu 14.04, which comes with autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.14.1. I am building out of the source tree.


I could try with VPATH, but then there will be ambiguities if 2 files are called the same but live in different subdirectories in the source tree.


The Atmel Software Framework (ASF) is a C source code library that, as far as I know, does not provide an autotool building environment. My project does use the autotools. Some C++ source files are in my project's directories, but some files live in the ASF directory, which can be anywhere on the system (user configurable, normally an absolute path).

I thought I could just reference those ASF .c files from my autotools project, but with the latest versions I am getting warnings like the ones above. This is how I am referencing the files:

libsam_a_SOURCES = \
$(LIBSAM_PMC_DIR)/pmc.c \
$(LIBSAM_PMC_DIR)/sleep.c \
$(LIBSAM_PIO_DIR)/pio.c \
$(ASF_BASEDIR)/sam/drivers/wdt/wdt.c \
$(ASF_BASEDIR)/sam/drivers/rstc/rstc.c \
$(ASF_BASEDIR)/sam/drivers/uart/uart.c \
$(ASF_BASEDIR)/common/utils/interrupt/interrupt_sam_nvic.c \
$(ASF_BASEDIR)/common/services/clock/sam3x/sysclk.c

I wonder if that is the right way to reference those files. Maybe I should create a library for each foreign directory referenced that way.

This kind of question has been asked before, but I have not found a satisfactory answer yet. For example:
"Source files in different directory?"
http://gnu-automake.7480.n7.nabble.com/Source-files-in-different-directory-td3483.html

Here too:
https://www.mail-archive.com/***@gnu.org/msg18893.html


Think, for example, of sources being in a read-only mount (like a CD-ROM).


Other files do live in my project directory, but are special and get referenced directly from the main makefile:

# See the comments in the Bare Metal Support library's Makefile.am
# for information about why these files are compiled here.
emptydue_elf_SOURCES += $(BARE_METAL_SUPPORT_DIR)/NewlibSyscalls.cpp
emptydue_elf_SOURCES += $(BARE_METAL_SUPPORT_DIR)/crt0.cpp


Is this a bug in automake? Or is there a way to keep Automake happy?


Please copy me on any answers, as I am not subscribed to this list.

Thanks in advance,
rdiez
troubas
2016-08-14 07:57:11 UTC
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Hi

I know it's old but are there any updates on this? I'm experiencing the same
issue.

Br
troubas



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