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Re: Should automake create directories for nested files?
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- To: Daniel Shane <daniel dot shane at eicon dot com>
- Cc: "'automake at gnu dot org'" <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 10:18:37 +0100
- Subject: Re: Should automake create directories for nested files?
- References: <D8E12241B029D411A3A300805FE6A2B902576132@montreal.eicon.com>
>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Shane <daniel.shane@eicon.com> writes:
Daniel> Hi, It seems as though the following rule, although
Daniel> valid, does not run very well:
Daniel> pkgdata_DATA = etc/config.conf
Daniel> It will not create the etc directory,
That's meant: this should install etc/config.conf as $(pkgdatadir)/config.conf.
Use
nobase_pkgdata_DATA = etc/config.conf
if want to install this file as $(pkgdatadir)/etc/config.conf.
Daniel> although it will create pkgdatadir, therefore the user
Daniel> will get: No such file or directory when installing
Daniel> config.conf.
1.5b seems to work fine.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz