427994 – sys-devel/autoconf: @srcdir@ in subdirectory done differently in in-source and out-of-source build

Bug 427994 - sys-devel/autoconf: @srcdir@ in subdirectory done differently in in-source and out-of-source build

Summary: sys-devel/autoconf: @srcdir@ in subdirectory done differently in in-source an...

Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2012-07-25 08:07 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2012-08-18 04:11 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester

2012-07-25 08:07:12 UTC

I have a configure.ac which generates in doc/Doxyfile like this:

    AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile doc/Doxyfile])

Now in doc/Doxyfile.in I have:

    INPUT = @srcdir@/src


When ./configure is run, the macro is expanded to:

    INPUT = ./src

(i.e. relatively to top directory where configure is)

but when I go into _build/ subdir and run ../configure, I get:

    INPUT = ../../doc/src

(i.e. relatively to the doc/ subdirectory)


When using @top_srcdir@ I get consistent behavior.

I'm mostly wondering whether this is a bug or feature.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2012-08-18 04:11:46 UTC

that's how it's always operated as long as i can remember.  srcdir is meant to be the cheap route (which means in-tree builds are going to use ".").