Autoconf and doxygen outside source directory

[dave]

Hello;

I need to include doxygen into a autoconf / automake project. Here is my
problem. The problem is this project uses a fresh build directory
outside the source. You call the configure outside to set up the files
and compile. I need to get doxygen to scan the source folder and run
doxygen and then make the html outputs.

How do I tell doxygen where the source folder is and then get it to work
on those files and then output to the new source folder?

Thanks,

Dave

[Eric Blake]

Post by dave
Hello;
I need to include doxygen into a autoconf / automake project. Here is my
problem. The problem is this project uses a fresh build directory
outside the source. You call the configure outside to set up the files
and compile. I need to get doxygen to scan the source folder and run
doxygen and then make the html outputs.
How do I tell doxygen where the source folder is and then get it to work
on those files and then output to the new source folder?

Autoconf provides several useful variables; which automake then exposes.
$(abs_builddir) and $(builddir) correspond to the folder where make is
running and where you want your output to go, while $(abs_srcdir) and
$(srcdir) correspond to the source folder.

How would you solve the problem if you were just using straight shell?
Once you have that solution in mind, then rewrite it into your
Makefile.am using the automatic variables mentioned above.