RE: Changing the name of the PACKAGE at configure time

[Masterson, David]

I do it by something like:

configure --prefix=/packages/lyx/lyx-<ver>
make
make install

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:01 AM
To: Tom Tromey
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Changing the name of the PACKAGE at configure time


>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>>>> "JMarc" == Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
JMarc> With autoconf, since I want to use the autogenerated makefile
JMarc> rules, I figured out that setting PACKAGE to the right value at
JMarc> configure time should work. Unfortunately, I cannot get the
JMarc> name of the installed binary to be equal to PACKAGE.

Tom> There's no good way to do this. You can hack it, though. Create
Tom> the new executable with a fixed name, but make it "noinst". Then
Tom> install it using an install-exec-hook. (Remember to write an
Tom> uninstall hook.)

Thanks for the tip. Does it mean that what I am trying to do is not a
good idea, or that automake is lacking a feature? What I mean is that
I am ready to provide a more "standard" way of installing several LyX
versions concurrently, but does this standard way exist?

JMarc