Re: make distcheck and the /etc dir

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* Daniel Leidert wrote on Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 07:38:18PM CEST:
> Am Montag, den 04.06.2007, 15:56 +0200 schrieb Jason Curl:
> > 
> >    # Makefile.am for installing configuration data
> >    etcdir=/etc/lx2005
> 
> This line misses a $(DESTDIR) to not break package builds and distcheck.

No, it doesn't.

> >    etc_DATA = serlog.conf
> [snip]
> > The configuration that gets copied depends on the 'configure' script 
> > setting the variable $(MACHINE).
> > 
> > When I run 'make distcheck' it fails as it cannot install the files to 
> > '/etc/lx2005'. I would very much like the location of the configuration 
> > files to be independent of $(prefix) as the locations my project 
> > searches are independent of where it was installed.
> 
> No problem: But you should add the DESTDIR variable to hardcoded paths.

Only in rules.

Cheers,
Ralf
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apologies for brevity -- typing one-handed ATM