Re: custom install options: No more binPROGRAMS_INSTALL?

[Alessandro Vesely]

Hi again,
answering to myself... I searched ChangeLog and found this:

2008-09-20  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>

        Remove unneeded per-rule *INSTALL variables.
        * NEWS: Update.
        * lib/am/data.am (%DIR%%PRIMARY%_INSTALL): Remove.
        (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Adjust.
        * lib/am/libs.am (%DIR%LIBRARIES_INSTALL): Remove.
        (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Adjust.
        * lib/am/ltlibs.am (%DIR%LTLIBRARIES_INSTALL): Remove.
        (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Adjust.
        * lib/am/progs.am (%DIR%PROGRAMS_INSTALL): Remove.
        (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Adjust.
        [...]

It is explained in the NEWS:

    Further, most undocumented per-rule install command variables such as
    binSCRIPT_INSTALL have been removed because they are not needed any
    more.  Packages which use them should be using the appropriate one of
    INSTALL_{DATA,PROGRAM,SCRIPT} or their install_sh_{DATA,PROGRAM,SCRIPT}
    counterpart, depending on the type of files and the need for automatic
    target directory creation.

Indeed, setting "INSTALL_PROGRAM += @MY_AC_OPTIONS@" seems to do the trick.
But I have to split files according to install options :-(
Ale

On Sat 19/Jul/2014 20:47:53 +0200 I wrote: 

> Hi,
> searching the web I found suggestions to use install-exec-hook and
> from there issue chown/chmod as needed.  However, some years ago I had
> found instructions for setting those in Makefile.am like so:
> 
> helloexecdir = @MY_AC_STUFF@
> helloexec_PROGRAMS = whatever
> helloexecPROGRAMS_INSTALL = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)@MY_OTHER_AC_STUFF@
> 
> First line still works, third one does not.  MY_OTHER_AC_STUFF
> contains the required -o and -g options to install; the variable is
> defined but not used.
> 
> Is that possibility gone for good?  Are hooks the only way?
> 
> TIA
> Ale
> 
> P.S. I'm using automake 1.11.6 (Debian wheezy)
>