On 11 January 2014 03:49, Gary V. Vaughan <g...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi Reuben, > > On Jan 11, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> wrote: > > > I have a project that installs a C program and a Perl program. I want to > allow the Perl program to be installed with the suffix .pl, on Windows, for > example. > > > > In the past, I have misused EXEEXT for this, with projects that install > programs in one non-C language only, but here that is not possible, since I > install a C program. > > > > Is there any generally-used way around this? If not, should I just > introduce a generic-sounding variable like PERL_EXEEXT and use that, and > advertise its use? > > I would write an install-exec-hook in your Makefile.am that performs any > post-install renames according to whatever logic you deem appropriate :) > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending >
Sure, I was wondering more about the user interface than the implementation. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org
