Hi Patrick,
On 5/21/2017 5:16 PM, Patrick Alken wrote:
Hello,
I have a .info file (not generated by texinfo) and would like it to be
installed under 'make install'. I tried adding it like this:
info_DATA = file.info
but this gives the following error:
doc/Makefile.am:7: error: 'infodir' is not a legitimate directory for 'DATA'
My current solution, which works is this:
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EXTRA_DIST = file.info
install-data-local: file.info
${INSTALL} file.info ${infodir}
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I don't know how to do this "automakially", but I would modify the rule
above to
install-data-local: file.info
${INSTALL_DATA} file.info $(DESTDIR)${infodir}
where I 1) use INSTALL_DATA which default sets permission -m 644 and 2)
use DESTDIR variable to allow for staged installation
(https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html#DESTDIR)
I think 'make distcheck' at least is checking that 2) works, so I
suspect 'distcheck fails' with your current rule.
Cheers,
Peter
