auto generation of make files, best location for tests

Hi

I've been using a script called makemake.perl to auto-generate a
makefile with dependency information etc for my f90 project. It's very
easy to use, but does not seem to support multi-dir projects.

Now I'd like to add some unit tests to the codebase. I've put the
tests in a subdirectory in the source tree called tests. The problem
is that the test programs depend on the object files in the main
source directory, so I can't use makemake.perl to create the makefile
for them.

How can I auto-generate a makefile for the tests? Will Automake, or
some other tool do the trick? Or do I need to change my directory
structure somehow?

Thanks
Neilen

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On Sun, 29 May 2005 15:18:51 +0200, Neilen Marais
<junkmail@chatsubo.lagged.za.net> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I've been using a script called makemake.perl to auto-generate a
>makefile with dependency information etc for my f90 project. It's very
>easy to use, but does not seem to support multi-dir projects.


Try mkmf.pl

http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/%7Evb/mkmf.html

Doug