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Re: How do I get configuration files installed?
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: How do I get configuration files installed? |
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:10:46 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
I noted this message still lying around in my autotools folder...
* Jim Lynch wrote on Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:43:17AM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Jim Lynch wrote on Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 02:46:04PM CEST:
> >
> >> I'm trying to figure out how to add a file to be installed in
> >> $prefix/bin/lib.
> > Why in the world would you want that? (Honest question!)
> >
> > Wouldn't it be enough if you used $(libdir), and told your users
> > that if they want to shoot themselves mildly in the foot, they could
> > still use
> > ./configure --bindir=/some/where/bin --libdir=/some/where/bin/lib
> > ?
> The reason is that we were given a java program by a vendor that
> requires files to be placed in a lib directory in the same directory as
> the java program. We try to keep all of our binary executables in the
> same place, namely /usr/local/bin. Hence the need for a
> /usr/local/bin/lib directory. I agree it's not ideal, but we have to
> work with what we get.
Hmm, ok. In that case I'd probably go with putting everything below
libexecdir and providing symlinks in bindir, but anyway I think Andreas
provided you with a solution in
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/7737/focus=7740>
Cheers,
Ralf
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