On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 16:10 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > 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, I disagree. *_DATA should take arbitrary data, no matter what it is and let the user do with it whatever he wants.
IMO, automake is outsmarting itself, here. > Ultimately, I guess another primary, or a prefix to _LIBRARIES or so, > should be created to allow this sort of thing. I don't think this would be wise. Ralf
