add comment for include paths

lib/Makefile.am

@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ CLEANFILES = $(DSP) $(VCPROJ)
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libcurl.la
 LIBCURL_LIBS = @LIBCURL_LIBS@
 
-# we use srcdir/include for the static global include files
-# we use builddir/lib for the generated lib/config.h file to get found
-# we use srcdir/lib for the lib-private header files
+# Specify our include paths here, and do it relative to $(top_srcdir) and
+# $(top_builddir), to ensure that these paths which belong to the library
+# being currently built and tested are searched before the library which
+# might possibly already be installed in the system.
+#
+# $(top_srcdir)/include is for libcurl's external include files
+# $(top_builddir)/lib is for libcurl's generated lib/config.h file
+# $(top_srcdir)/lib is for libcurl's lib/setup.h and other "private" files
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
            -I$(top_builddir)/lib   \
-	   -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
+           -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
 
 VERSION=-version-info 5:0:1
 

src/Makefile.am

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2008, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -22,10 +22,16 @@
 ###########################################################################
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign nostdinc
 
-# we use srcdir/src for "private" includes
-# we use srcdir/include for the static global include files
-# we use builddir/src for the generated include files to get found
-# we use srcdir/lib for the header files we "borrow" from the lib
+# Specify our include paths here, and do it relative to $(top_srcdir) and
+# $(top_builddir), to ensure that these paths which belong to the library
+# being currently built and tested are searched before the library which
+# might possibly already be installed in the system.
+#
+# $(top_srcdir)/include is for libcurl's external include files
+# $(top_builddir)/lib is for libcurl's generated lib/config.h file
+# $(top_builddir)/src is for curl's generated src/config.h file
+# $(top_srcdir)/lib is for libcurl's lib/setup.h and other "borrowed" files
+# $(top_srcdir)/src is for curl's src/setup.h and "curl-private" files
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
            -I$(top_builddir)/lib   \

tests/libtest/Makefile.am

@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@
 ###########################################################################
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign nostdinc
 
-# $(top_srcdir)/include/curl is for the main curl include files, to make it
-# easier to include this specific set of curl headers, and NOT the ones
-# possibly already installed in the system.
-# -I$(top_srcdir)/lib is for the setup.h file, included by test.h
-# -I$(top_builddir)/lib is for the config.h file, possibly included by the
-# setup.h file
-
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include/curl \
+# Specify our include paths here, and do it relative to $(top_srcdir) and
+# $(top_builddir), to ensure that these paths which belong to the library
+# being currently built and tested are searched before the library which
+# might possibly already be installed in the system.
+#
+# $(top_srcdir)/include is for libcurl's external include files
+# $(top_builddir)/lib is for libcurl's generated lib/config.h file
+# $(top_srcdir)/lib is for libcurl's lib/setup.h and other "borrowed" files
+
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
            -I$(top_builddir)/lib   \
            -I$(top_srcdir)/lib 
 

tests/libtest/lib506.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include <mprintf.h>
+#include <curl/mprintf.h>
 
 const char *HOSTHEADER = "Host: www.host.foo.com";
 const char *JAR = "log/jar506";

tests/libtest/test.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "setup.h"
 
-#include <curl.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>

tests/server/Makefile.am

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2007, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2008, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@
 #
 # $Id$
 ###########################################################################
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign nostdinc
 
-
-
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+# Specify our include paths here, and do it relative to $(top_srcdir) and
+# $(top_builddir), to ensure that these paths which belong to the library
+# being currently built and tested are searched before the library which
+# might possibly already be installed in the system.
+#
+# $(top_srcdir)/include is for libcurl's external include files
+# $(top_builddir)/lib is for libcurl's generated lib/config.h file
+# $(top_srcdir)/lib is for libcurl's lib/setup.h and other "borrowed" files
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
            -I$(top_builddir)/lib   \