How do I stop automake from adding -I. to my compile line?

Question

How do I stop automake from adding -I. to my compile line?

It seems automake or libtool objects always have a compile command similar to:

g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./proj/otherdir -o myprog.o myprog.c

The problem is that I have two header files with the same name....

./proj/otherdir/Header.h
./proj/thisdir/Header.h

Each header has a class named Header, although each is in a different namespace. So when I am building in ./proj/thisdir, the "-I." gets included and I can't get to the header in ./proj/otherdir

I don't know how to get rid of that initial "-I." that appears.

Any hints?

Thanks Chenz

Answer 1

all you have to do is set in the Makefile.am

DEFAULT_INCLUDES =

and then all is good in the world.

Chenz

Answer 2

If your API includes different headers when I write

#include <Header.h>

that makes that API confusing and error prone.

Why not define your API like

#include <thisdir/Header.h>

and

#include <otherdir/Header.h>

Then you could even refer to both headers in the same source file if required. And you would know just from reading the include line what it actually includes.

Answer 3

Look in the configure.ac or configure.in for your app, should be in there

Answer 4

It doesn't get rid of -I., but you can put relative paths in your #include directives:

#include "../otherdir/Header.h"
#include "../thisdir/Header.h"