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bug#7988: the manual suggests installing macro files to hard-coded locat


From: Peter Johansson
Subject: bug#7988: the manual suggests installing macro files to hard-coded location
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:19:19 -0500
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Hello,

In the manual, http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Invoking-aclocal,
I read about the `--print-ac-dir' option:

Prints the name of the directory that
aclocal will search to find third-party .m4 files. When this option is given, normal processing is suppressed. This option can be used by a package to determine where to install a macro file.

I find the last sentence a bit strange because to me that sounds like Automake suggests that packagers should install macro files in a hard-coded directory not relative to $(prefix). IIUC that
that contradicts the discussion in section "Install to Hard-Coded Locations"

http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Hard_002dCoded-Install-Paths

Cheers,
Peter

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