Re: $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES/Additional

[Nicola Pero]

On 12 Oct 2008, at 20:37, Scott Christley wrote:

> Hello,
>
> If I want to install a *.make file into $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES/ 
> Additional, and I also use DESTDIR to point to a new top-level  
> destination directory; how can I install this file?  Is this a file  
> that I need to install manually or is there a make variable as for  
> headers and such, that will install for me automatically?

You can do the same as gnustep-base does.

Ie, you should add to your GNUmakefile.postamble:

$(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional:
        $(ECHO_CREATING)$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$ 
(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional$(END_ECHO)

before-install:: $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
        $(ECHO_NOTHING)$(INSTALL_DATA) base.make \
            $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/base.make$ 
(END_ECHO)

after-uninstall::
        $(ECHO_NOTHING)rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/ 
Additional/base.make$(END_ECHO)

Obviously replacing base.make with the name of your makefile :-)

Thanks

PS: You should install into $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES/Additional only if you  
want your makefile to be always loaded
into all makefiles.  The feeling is that only the core packages  
(mostly -base, -gui, -back) should usually do this.
Otherwise, if an explicit include is required, you may want to  
consider $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES/Auxiliary - then
a makefile wanting to use your makefile/package would do:

  include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Auxiliary/myPackage.make