> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 11:46 PM
> To: Bernard Dautrevaux
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why is srcdir passed as .
>
>
> > I think there is two problems here:
> >
> -Original Message-
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 6:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Lars J. Aas; Bernard Dautrevaux; 'Mo DeJong'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why is srcdir passed as .
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Lars J. Aas; Bernard Dautrevaux; 'Mo DeJong'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why is srcdir passed as .
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>
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On Oct 26, 2000, Ben Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-local-tdb=${srcdir}/tdb"
This is just plain wrong in case srcdir is a relative pathname. The
problem isn't the `.' special-case, the problem is that this assumes
${srcdir} is absolute.
On Oct 26, 2000, Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They will want to run:
> ./configure ; make install
> and expect it to work, and why shouldn't they?
Works for me. When doesn't it work for you? Did you read my other
message in this thread?
--
Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see ht
> On Oct 25, 2000, Ben Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am having a problem with my configure script where when configure is
> > called for the subprojects a parameter --srcdir=. is passed into them
> > when I just do configure.
>
> srcdir is supposed to be the top-level directory of t
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Ben Woodard wrote:
> > I think there is two problems here:
> >
> > Ben seems to use $srcdir where it meant $top_srcdir :-) (If we build
> > in-place, then $srcdir == $builddir in all the tree).
> >
> > Mo on the contrary is bothered by the fact that $srcdir is relative; jus
> I think there is two problems here:
>
> Ben seems to use $srcdir where it meant $top_srcdir :-) (If we build
> in-place, then $srcdir == $builddir in all the tree).
>
> Mo on the contrary is bothered by the fact that $srcdir is relative; just
> calling "./configure -srcdir=/absolute/path/to/sr
You're right. I'm actually referring to a PATH resolution.
~ % PATH=/tmp:$PATH thomas.shnostromo 18:25
/tmp/thomas.sh
/tmp/thomas.sh param
...done
On 26 Oct 2000, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Thomas> $0 is a full pathname if that's the way the script was invoked
> Thomas> (I assume that's what you are saying - if it was not invoked
> Thomas> with a full pathname, it really depends
> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thomas> $0 is a full pathname if that's the way the script was invoked
Thomas> (I assume that's what you are saying - if it was not invoked
Thomas> with a full pathname, it really depends on the shell that was
Thomas> used to look up t
On 26 Oct 2000, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Thomas> Is it true (for a shell) that $0 is always a full pathname?
> Thomas> (it could be a relative one, which complicates things a
> Thomas> little).
>
> I've never met any counterexample
> "Thomas" == Thomas E Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thomas> Is it true (for a shell) that $0 is always a full pathname?
Thomas> (it could be a relative one, which complicates things a
Thomas> little).
I've never met any counterexample. A brand lot scripts out there use it.
> -Original Message-
> From: Thomas E. Dickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 2:36 PM
> To: Lars J. Aas
> Cc: Bernard Dautrevaux; 'Mo DeJong'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why is srcdir passed as .
>
>
> On Thu, 26 O
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Lars J. Aas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:24:05AM +0200, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote:
> : Mo on the contrary is bothered by the fact that $srcdir is relative; just
> : calling "./configure -srcdir=/absolute/path/to/srcdir" shoudl solve the
> : problem.
>
> I assume $srcdi
On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:24:05AM +0200, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote:
: Mo on the contrary is bothered by the fact that $srcdir is relative; just
: calling "./configure -srcdir=/absolute/path/to/srcdir" shoudl solve the
: problem.
I assume $srcdir is found from $0 on configure invocation, so using
On Oct 25, 2000, Ben Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having a problem with my configure script where when configure is
> called for the subprojects a parameter --srcdir=. is passed into them
> when I just do configure.
srcdir is supposed to be the top-level directory of the project (or
> -Original Message-
> From: Mo DeJong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why is srcdir passed as .
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Ben Woodard wrote:
>
> > I am having a problem wi
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Ben Woodard wrote:
> I am having a problem with my configure script where when configure is
> called for the subprojects a parameter --srcdir=. is passed into them
> when I just do configure. I expected that the srcdir would be ".." I
> dug around in aceneral.m4 and found tha
I am having a problem with my configure script where when configure is
called for the subprojects a parameter --srcdir=. is passed into them
when I just do configure. I expected that the srcdir would be ".." I
dug around in aceneral.m4 and found that it is quite deliberate. Why
is it done like thi
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