Re: Scripts in pkglibexecdir?

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 01/02/2012 02:30 PM, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> Hello!
>
Hi Dennis, thanks for the report.

> The automake-1.11.2 manual says:
> "Scripts can be installed in bindir, sbindir, libexecdir, or pkgdatadir."
> and about the pkg dirs it says:
> "these are the same as the non-‘pkg’ versions, but with ‘$(PACKAGE)’ 
> appended."
> 
> Further automake outputs here:
> `pkglibexecdir' is not a legitimate directory for `SCRIPTS'
> 
> Please explain to me why libexecdir is valid, but pkglibexecdir is not.
>
That's the result of an oversight I say.  In fact, it's quite contradictory
that a `foo_BAR' combination is valid while `pkgfoo_BAR' is not.

The attached patch should fix the issue.  I will push it to maint by this
evening if there are no objections.

Thanks,
  Stefano

0001-install-pkglibexec_SCRIPTS-is-a-valid-prefix-primary.patch
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