I (Julian Foad) wrote on 2013-02-11:
> Alexander Thomas wrote:
>> This originated from one of my requirement where svn* binaries and
>> tools need to be installed in same location. I'm not sure this one
>> qualifies as a valid patch, because for this to happen someone
>> should tweaks Makefile.in and points $bindir and $toolsdir to same
>> location.
>
> I think this is fine and we should apply it. I'm having trouble
> testing it at the moment because 'make install-tools' is failing for
> me at an earlier stage, but the patch looks fine as far as I can see.
Thanks for the (private) reminder. I still haven't tested this myself, but I
committed it anyway in r1446686.
- Julian
>> [[[
>> Don't break 'make install-tools' if TOOLSDIR is same as BINDIR.
>>
>> * Makefile.in
>> (INSTALL_EXTRA_TOOLS): Check that target and link_name are not the
>> same before creating symlink to svnmucc in BINDIR.
>>
>> Patch by: Alexander Thomas <alexander{_AT_}collab.net>
>> ]]]
>
> (For quick reference, the patch is basically this, in Makefile.in:)
> + if test "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)" != "$(DESTDIR)$(toolsdir)";
> then \
> ln -sf $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/svnmucc$(EXEEXT)
> $(DESTDIR)$(toolsdir)/svnmucc$(EXEEXT); \
> + fi
>
