Creating some directory at install time.

[Lucas Brasilino]

Hi

        First of all, I've been googling around searching this issue
with no success.
        I've got a quite newbie question about how can I create
some directory at install time (when executing 'make install').
I've got an project that is a daemon which is already be built
nicely using autoconf + automake.
        Now I'm working on installing a configuration file at install
time. So I've created an $(topdir)/conf directory with "Makefile.am" and
"siri-server.conf.in" files. Makefile.am is the following:

confdir = $(sysconfdir)
conf_DATA = siri-server.conf

siri-server.conf: siri-server.conf.in
        sed -e 's,%SIRI_MODAUTH_DEFAULT%,$(SIRI_MODAUTH_DEFAULT),g' \
        -e 's,%SIRI_DATADIR%,$(localstatedir)/lib/$(PACKAGE),g' $< > $@

        I'm wondering how can I create '$(localstatedir)/lib/$(PACKAGE)'
directory at install time. Am I right in redefining "install-confDATA"
target at Makefile.am??? Something like this:

install-confDATA: $(conf_DATA)
        @$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
        $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)
        $(mkinstalldirs) $(localstatedir)/lib/$(PACKAGE) # added by me
        @list='$(conf_DATA)'; for p in $$list; do \
          if test -f "$$p"; then d=; else d="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
          f="`echo $$p | sed -e 's|^.*/||'`"; \
          echo " $(confDATA_INSTALL) $$d$$p $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/$$f"; \
          $(confDATA_INSTALL) $$d$$p $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)/$$f; \
        done    

        Thanks in advance

bests regards

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