On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Marc Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-21-2008]:
>
>> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 08:20:03PM -0400, Marc Spitzer wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I am porting ATF, http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/atf/, a unit testing
>> >> framework for C, C++ and Shell. The thing is is that it installs a
>> >> bunch of self tests in ${PREFIX}/tests/atf. Is this the right place
>> >> for it? From Hier(7) binaries should not go under share/. Otherwise
>> >> I think it is done. Personally I think the tests/port could be a
>> >> handy thing to have. What is your opinion/advice on this?
>> >
>> > libexec/ seems like it might be the right place.
>> >
>>
>> Forgive me for an ignorant question but assuming I can not figure out
>> how to add a knob onto the configure script, what would be the proper
>> way to move the files under libexec? I could just move ${PREFIX}/test
>> to ${PREFIX}/libexec but that seems extra hackish. I do not want a
>> solution but a pointer would be nice.
>
> It's not hackish to put executables in libexec. See 5.14.5 of the Porter's
> Handbook and adjust your Makefile to install the file(s) there.
>
Forgive my poor explanation. I do not have a problem with putting
things in libexec, especially if they actually belong there. My
problem stems from ignorance in two ways:
1: I know almost nothing about autoconf and friends from a developer POV
2: My knowledge of ports is slightly better, getting better all the time though.
The configure script does not have a --testdir knob that I can set to
${PREFIX}/libexec/test to install the test programs their, although it
does have one for everything else. I can just just do 'mv
${prefix}/test ${prefix}/libexec' to move it over, but that is what I
was saying looks very hackish. So I guess my question is what would
be the correct way to move a directory tree over with out steping on
any preexisting directory there?
Thanks,
marc
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