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Re: How to install additional files in "make install"
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: How to install additional files in "make install" |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:10:19 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-07-25) |
Hello Ralf,
* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:50:09AM CEST:
> On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 10:05 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Ralf Corsepius wrote on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:46:12AM CEST:
> >
> > > dist_lib_DATA = libxxx.so
> >
> > That won't get the right (execute) permissions of libxxx.so,
>
> Adding an install-data-hook is another one.
Yep.
> > and automake complains
> > | Makefile.am:1: `libdir' is not a legitimate directory for `DATA'
>
> Ohh yeah - I forgot about this ole' bug in automake
> (IMO, automake is plain wrong on not letting other files go into
> $libdir).
I agree that there should be a straightforward way to put files there.
But it is right about complaining about the above line, because
otherwise the unwary user won't remember to fix the permissions.
Ultimately, I guess another primary, or a prefix to _LIBRARIES or so,
should be created to allow this sort of thing.
Cheers,
Ralf