How to prevent automake from overwrting _DATA file

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automake autotools software-distribution

                          In Makefile.am we have:

    bin_PROGRAMS = sample
    sample_SOURCES = main.cpp
    sampleconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/sample
    sampleconf_DATA = sample.cfg

whenever I install the application using make install, the file sample.cfg gets overwritten. How to tell automake to skip copy if file is already present?
                        

Asked by Ali Tavakol (103 rep)

Feb 3, 2019, 05:10 AM
Last activity: Feb 3, 2019, 09:02 AM

How to prevent automake from overwrting _DATA file

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