>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Segall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bill> As part of my package I want to install a daemon and I have
Bill> three reasonable places to install int which are bin, sbin and
Bill> libexec. On a Linux system sbin seems like the natural place but
Bill> on *BSD libexec is natural. I was trying to find out how to make
Bill> this choice based on architecture but I'll confess to be begin
Bill> stumped - any suggestions or is this simply impossible?
It is possible.
In configure.in, figure out which directory you want to use and set an
automake conditional.
Then in Makefile.am do this:
if USE_SBIN
mybindir = $(sbindir)
else
mybindir = $(libexecdir)
endif
mybin_PROGRAMS = daemon
Tom
