Re: Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-09 Thread Tom Tromey
>> docdir = $(prefix)/install/directory/for/docs >> doc_DATA = list the outputs Ti> Thanks! I'll try that. Could I do this with other types of data Ti> (i.e., conf files, templates, etc)? Yeah, you can do it for just about anything. This capability is documented, I think. Tom

Re: Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-09 Thread Tom Tromey
Peter> Alternatively, the GNU standards could catch up with reality Peter> and make `docdir' a standard directory. Not everyone uses Peter> Texinfo. For GNU Standards changes you'd have to write to RMS. Tom

Re: Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Tromey writes: > If you plan to install the docs, just make them data: > > docdir = $(prefix)/install/directory/for/docs > doc_DATA = list the outputs Alternatively, the GNU standards could catch up with reality and make `docdir' a standard directory. Not everyone uses Texinfo. --

Re: Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-08 Thread Ti Leggett
From: "Tom Tromey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ti Leggett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Support for making perl scripts... > Ti> I really have two questions. First, is there an easy way

Re: Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-08 Thread Tom Tromey
Ti> I really have two questions. First, is there an easy way to extend Ti> automake/autoconf to support perl package installations. It probably isn't hard to do. But I thought Perl had its own build and install program. Ti> But I can't seem to make automake behave nicely. I'm using Ti> bin_SCRIP

Support for making perl scripts...

2000-07-08 Thread Ti Leggett
I really have two questions. First, is there an easy way to extend automake/autoconf to support perl package installations. I have a suite of programs I've helped to write in perl and I want to package them up. The package includes normal perl scripts and perl modules. I think I've figured out how