On 7 March 2011 21:52, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Monday, March 07, 2011 16:35:28 Reuben Thomas wrote: >> On 7 March 2011 20:46, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> > try naming it "foo_SCRIPTS" instead ? then you'll have a --foodir= >> > configure option iirc. >> >> So there's no standard way to install non-architecturally-dependent >> executables? > > what i described is standard. automake gets the directory name from the first > part (what comes before the "_") and figures out how to treat the files via > the second part (the primary -- what comes after the "_"). the automake > manual on the automake homepage describes all of this.
Thanks for the workaround. What I'm trying to find is a standard variable that designates "directory in which to install architecture-independent executables." Your method seems to require me to define a new variable, so, fine, I can do that, and define it as ${prefix}/bin, but that's just another thing to maintain. I was trying to find out if this functionality was built in already; I guess you're saying it's not? Does this count as an omission, given that many packages will want to install architecture-independent executables? -- http://rrt.sc3d.org