Re: How to install scripts in a different place from binaries?

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday, March 07, 2011 14:46:56 Reuben Thomas wrote:
> To allow for multiple architectures, I use
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/home/rrt/local --exec-prefix=/home/rrt/local/`uname
> -m`
> 
> to configure code I want to install in my home directory, which may be
> copied on to machines with different architectures. (This scheme could
> be tweaked, e.g. by using `hostname` instead of `uname -m`, to support
> incompatible toolchain versions.)

seems like $host_cpu or just $host would be a better fit, but whatever.

> However, this means that projects which install scripts (e.g. via
> automake's bin_SCRIPTS), also have those programs installed in
> ${exec_prefix}/bin, where I'd expect ${prefix}/bin.
> 
> Is there a solution I'm missing?

try naming it "foo_SCRIPTS" instead ?  then you'll have a --foodir= configure 
option iirc.
-mike

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