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[Bernhard Seckinger]

Hi,

I've got a program, that contains some php-script frontend (cli not web)
(and other stuff, which is irrelevant here). I've put the php-scripts into
$pkgdatadir. Now I'd like to have a link from $bindir to the main script i.e.

ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco

To do this I've added to the Makefile.ac the following:

install-exec-local:
mkdir -p ${bindir}
ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco

When using "make install" this works. But when I run "make distcheck" I get an
error, telling that I'm not allowed to create the ${bindir}. I've allready
tried to replace the mkdir command with

${srcdir}/../install-sh -d ${bindir}

which is probably architecture-independend, but I still get a similar error.

Does anyone know, how to do this?

Thanks, Berni

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Post by Bernhard Seckinger
I've got a program, that contains some php-script frontend (cli not web)
(and other stuff, which is irrelevant here). I've put the php-scripts into
$pkgdatadir. Now I'd like to have a link from $bindir to the main script i.e.
ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco
mkdir -p ${bindir}
ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco
When using "make install" this works. But when I run "make distcheck" I get an
error, telling that I'm not allowed to create the ${bindir}. I've allready
tried to replace the mkdir command with
${srcdir}/../install-sh -d ${bindir}
which is probably architecture-independend, but I still get a similar error.
Does anyone know, how to do this?

You need to add support for the DESTDIR environment variable, which
specifies an alternate directory path to install into. Perhaps this
will work:

install-exec-local:
mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${bindir}
ln -s ${DESTDIR}${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/croco

Bob

[Bernhard Seckinger]

Hi Bob,

Post by Bob Friesenhahn
You need to add support for the DESTDIR environment variable, which
specifies an alternate directory path to install into. Perhaps this

That's it. :-) I read about DESTDIR but unfortunately forgot it...

Thanks, Berni

[Simon Richter]

Hi,

Post by Bob Friesenhahn
mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${bindir}
ln -s ${DESTDIR}${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/croco

With automake, this could also be written as

install-exec-local:
$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
$(LN_S) $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/croco.php $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/croco

I'm not sure about the real world significance of this, but there is
probably a historical reason why there would be variables defined for these
commands.

Simon

[Thomas Jahns]

Post by Bernhard Seckinger
I've got a program, that contains some php-script frontend (cli not web)
(and other stuff, which is irrelevant here). I've put the php-scripts into
$pkgdatadir. Now I'd like to have a link from $bindir to the main script i.e.
ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco
mkdir -p ${bindir}
ln -s ${pkgdatadir}/croco.php ${bindir}/croco
When using "make install" this works. But when I run "make distcheck" I get an
error, telling that I'm not allowed to create the ${bindir}. I've allready
tried to replace the mkdir command with
${srcdir}/../install-sh -d ${bindir}
which is probably architecture-independend, but I still get a similar error.
Does anyone know, how to do this?

I think the SCRIPTS primary is what you're searching for:

https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Scripts

Regards, Thomas