On 2006-04-13, Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Olly Betts:
>| phpextdir = `$(PHP_CONFIG) --extension-dir`
>| phpext_LTLIBRARIES = php_mod_bt.la
>
> Unless `php-config --extension-dir` returns something like
> $(prefix)/foo/bar, this setup will prevent non-root
> installations and cause distcheck to fail.
>
> See the "Hard-Coded Install Paths" of the Automake FAQ for
> inspiration.
I figure the common case is people are installing as root and so want
the module installed where PHP expects. So requiring them to specify
"--prefix=<the same prefix PHP was configured with>" will just create
support load on the project mailing list.
I can't just set the default prefix to `php-config --prefix` in
configure.ac because the package can build modules for Python, Tcl, etc
which could all have been built for different prefixes.
People wanting a non-root install, can easily override the default
location with:
make phpextdir=$HOME/my_php_modules
They'll also need to do extra work to get PHP to find the modules.
It's a shame that "make distcheck" doesn't work, but something I can
live with (I hadn't actually noticed until you pointed it out!)
Cheers,
Olly
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