>>> "Roger" == Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Roger> However, this makes one very big assumption: every Roger> installation directory will use $prefix as the path Roger> prefix. Yes. This way we make sure people can install the package with --prefix=/usr, --prefix=/opt, --prefix ~/usr, or whatever. Roger> This is usually the case, but not always. For example, Roger> in the gimp-print project, we build a CUPS driver. For Roger> this, the install path is obtained from "cups-config", How about you honor the user's flags, and just issue a warning if it's different from the output of cups-config? Another idea is the have a --without-cups-config option that you will set in DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS. [...] Roger> && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) DESTDIR=$$dc_install_base install \ Roger> && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) DESTDIR=$$dc_install_base installcheck \ Roger> && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) DESTDIR=$$dc_install_base uninstall \ Unfortunately `make installcheck' isn't expected to run in a DESTDIR installation as it might run programs which read files using the real $prefix. [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
