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| author | Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> | 2004-10-12 19:56:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> | 2004-10-12 19:56:26 +0000 |
| commit | ecf27feb2a25fe543d817731af9189c460ee7f6d (patch) | |
| tree | 00d9999172cfa3d013f4d9d92d4c8e909707d848 | |
| parent | 9d2a266363eea1db9637b2e059397229315a3344 (diff) | |
| download | automake-ecf27feb2a25fe543d817731af9189c460ee7f6d.tar.gz | |
* doc/automake.texi (Install): Link to node Extending for examples.
(Extending): More comments about install-data-hook vs
install-exec-hook, and link to Install.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/automake.texi | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/stamp-vti | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/version.texi | 2 |
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2004-10-12 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + * doc/automake.texi (Install): Link to node Extending for examples. + (Extending): More comments about install-data-hook vs + install-exec-hook, and link to Install. + * configure.ac: Export @am_AUTOCONF@. * tests/defs.in (AUTOCONF): Define as @am_AUTOCONF@, not @AUTOCONF@, so the test suite runs `autoconf' and not `missing --run autoconf'. diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 1e22b56a2..af989206c 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ Variables using the standard directory prefixes @samp{bin}, @samp{sbin}, @samp{install-exec}. Any variable using a user-defined directory prefix with @samp{exec} in -the name (e.g. @samp{myexecbin_PROGRAMS} is installed by +the name (e.g. @samp{myexecbin_PROGRAMS}) is installed by @samp{install-exec}. All other user-defined prefixes are installed by @samp{install-data}. @@ -5458,7 +5458,7 @@ Automake also supports two install hooks, @code{install-exec-hook} and @code{install-data-hook}. These hooks are run after all other install rules of the appropriate type, exec or data, have completed. So, for instance, it is possible to perform post-installation modifications -using an install hook. +using an install hook. @ref{Extending} gives some examples. @cindex Install hook @section Staged installs @@ -6823,6 +6823,13 @@ Note that we rename the program so that a new version will erase the symbolic link, not the real binary. Also we @code{cd} into the destination directory in order to create relative links. +When writing @code{install-exec-hook} or @code{install-data-hook}, +please bear in mind that the exec/data distinction is based on the +installation directory, not on the primary used (@pxref{Install}). So +a @code{foo_SCRIPTS} will be installed by @code{install-data}, and a +@code{barexec_SCRIPTS} will be installed by @code{install-exec}. You +should define your hooks consequently. + @c FIXME should include discussion of variables you can use in these @c rules diff --git a/doc/stamp-vti b/doc/stamp-vti index 1c359c36d..65cc8de82 100644 --- a/doc/stamp-vti +++ b/doc/stamp-vti @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@set UPDATED 11 October 2004 +@set UPDATED 12 October 2004 @set UPDATED-MONTH October 2004 @set EDITION 1.9.2a @set VERSION 1.9.2a diff --git a/doc/version.texi b/doc/version.texi index 1c359c36d..65cc8de82 100644 --- a/doc/version.texi +++ b/doc/version.texi @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@set UPDATED 11 October 2004 +@set UPDATED 12 October 2004 @set UPDATED-MONTH October 2004 @set EDITION 1.9.2a @set VERSION 1.9.2a |