Re: [Vala] Is there a way to specify a prefix path in the vapi file for --library?

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

Hi Yu,

On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 02:51 -0400, Yu Feng wrote:
> It is often the case that each library put it's header file in a
> separated subdir to avoid naming conflicting.
>
> For example, glib.h is located at <glib-2.0/glib.h>

Not true for glib.h, that's just <glib.h>, however, it's the case for
some libraries, yes.

> However in vala generated library(built by valac) the headers are always
> assumed to be in <xxx.h>, as stated in the generated .vapi files.
>
> Is there a parameter in valac to specify this? does -b work?

Yes, you should use -b / --basedir for this. You can for example try
--basedir ..

With automake I use --basedir $(top_srcdir).

Jürg