Re: Saving configuration files using automake

[Kevin Nowaczyk]

For some reason that doesn't work.  When I run
autogen.sh I get:
conf/Makefile.am:1: invalid variable
`dist_sysconf_DATA'

I'm using automake version 1.4-p4

If I remove the dist_ it installs fine.  I know the
dist_ is supposed to include the file with the
distribution, so can I get by with typing
sysconf_DATA = foo.conf
EXTRA_DIST = foo.conf

or is that frowned upon.  It gets the job done, but it
might not be "The right way".

Kevin Nowaczyk


From:  Alexandre Duret-Lutz 
Subject:  Re: Saving configuration files using
automake 
Date:  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:57:27 +0200 

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On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 04:32:28PM -0700, Kevin
Nowaczyk wrote:
> When the admin types `make install` I would like a
> file "project/doc/foo.conf" to be placed in
> "/etc/foo.conf".
>
> The configure script generated by autogen.sh
contains
> the line:
> sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
>
> My question is...What do I put in
> project/doc/Makefile.am to tell make that foo.conf
is
> a system configuration file.

dist_sysconf_DATA = foo.conf



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