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Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs?

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On Sunday May 31 2015 12:50, in comp.os.linux.development.apps, "Lew Pitcher"
<lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:

> I have a home-grown app that I'd like to package up with GNU autotools
> (automake/autoconf/libtool).
> 
> My specific dilemma is that I have a number of shell scripts that the app
> invokes, and I'd like these scripts to end up installed in the
> <prefix>/libexec/<project> directory.
> 
> I've read through the documentation on each command, the "Autotools book",
> and the config files from various example (both real and contrived)
> installations. From what I can find out, my target directory is named by the
> autotools @libexecdir@ (for <prefix>/libexec) or (possibly) the @pkglibexec@
> variable.
> 
> What I want to do is write my Makefile.in (or Makefile.am) to invoke the GNU
> install program, so that the ultimate Makefile will "install" the scripts in
> the appropriate directory
> 
> For instance, given a package libexec directory path
> of /usr/local/libexec/mypackage, my final Makefile should look something
> like

Please ignore the <echo> values; that's left over from my last round of
debugging

>   install: example.exit
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d /usr/local/libexec/mypackage
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t /usr/local/libexec/mypackage
>         $?

Please read the above as

   install: example.exit
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d /usr/local/libexec/mypackage
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t /usr/local/libexec/mypackage
         $?

> I have tried all sorts of solutions, primarily focussing on the relevant
> Makefile.in (after I abandoned automake and Makefile.am as being so poorly
> documented as to be unusable in this situation). Various attempts have
> looked like

Similarly, the echo's are leftovers from prior debugging attempts

>   INSTALLDIR = ${exec_prefix}/libexec
> 
>   install: example.exit
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage $?

Please read as
   INSTALLDIR = ${exec_prefix}/libexec
 
   install: example.exit
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage $?

> and
> 
>   INSTALLDIR = @libexec@
> 
>   install: example.exit
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage $?

Please read as
   INSTALLDIR = @libexec@
 
   install: example.exit
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t ${INSTALLDIR}/mypackage $?

> and
> 
>   install: example.exit
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d @libexec@/mypackage
>         echo install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t @libexec@/mypackage $?

Please read as
   install: example.exit
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -d @libexec@/mypackage
         install -o root -g bin -m 755 -t @libexec@/mypackage $?


> but none have resulted in a Makefile that would actually install the file
> into the intended directory. Usually the @libexec@ just expands into a
> literal '${exec_prefix}/libexec' path, without expanding the ${exec_prefix}.
> Even the explicit '${exec_prefix}/libexec' just "expands"
> into '${prefix}/libexec', still leaving the path unusable.
> 
> Do I actually have to hand-expand the @libexec@ path manually in my
> Makefile, or is there some way to get autoconf to process my Makefile.in to
> properly and *completely* expand the variable when generating the target
> Makefile?
> 
> Any advice?


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Lew Pitcher
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How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 12:50 -0400
  Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 12:55 -0400
    Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 13:12 -0400
  Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-05-31 18:20 +0100
    Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 13:31 -0400
    Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 13:32 -0400
    Re: How do I configure Autotools files for libexec installs? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-05-31 13:56 -0400

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