Hello Ralf, * Ralf Corsepius wrote on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:50:09AM CEST: > On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 10:05 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Ralf Corsepius wrote on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:46:12AM CEST: > > > > > dist_lib_DATA = libxxx.so > > > > That won't get the right (execute) permissions of libxxx.so, > > Adding an install-data-hook is another one.
Yep. > > and automake complains > > | Makefile.am:1: `libdir' is not a legitimate directory for `DATA' > > Ohh yeah - I forgot about this ole' bug in automake > (IMO, automake is plain wrong on not letting other files go into > $libdir). I agree that there should be a straightforward way to put files there. But it is right about complaining about the above line, because otherwise the unwary user won't remember to fix the permissions. Ultimately, I guess another primary, or a prefix to _LIBRARIES or so, should be created to allow this sort of thing. Cheers, Ralf
