I have the following Makefile.am:
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secondbindir = $(prefix)/bin2
bin_PROGRAMS = test1
secondbin_PROGRAMS = test2
install-exec-hook:
cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && ln -fs test1 test11
cd $(DESTDIR)$(secondbindir) && ln -fs test2 test22
<-- snip -->
and the following configure.ac:
<-- snip -->
AC_INIT(test, 1)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
AC_PROG_CC
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT
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test1.c and test2.c are arbitrary C files.
"make install" fails with the following error:
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$
make[1]: Entering directory `/TMP/test/automake-bug'
test -z "/tmp/ttt/bin" || mkdir -p -- "/tmp/ttt/bin"
/usr/bin/install -c 'test1' '/tmp/ttt/bin/test1'
make install-exec-hook
make[2]: Entering directory `/TMP/test/automake-bug'
cd /tmp/ttt/bin && ln -fs test1 test11
cd /tmp/ttt/bin2 && ln -fs test2 test22
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: /tmp/ttt/bin2: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [install-exec-hook] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/TMP/test/automake-bug'
make[1]: *** [install-exec-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/TMP/test/automake-bug'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
$
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The problem is the following part of Makefile.in:
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install-data-am: install-secondbinPROGRAMS
install-exec-am: install-binPROGRAMS
@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-exec-hook
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automake knows that secondbin_PROGRAMS contains programs, and it should
therefore call the install target from install-exec-am.
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Adrian
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"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
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