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Re: /usr/share/automake-1.6
- From: Artur Kedzierski <artur at kedzierski dot org>
- To: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:01:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: /usr/share/automake-1.6
It is all clear now. Thank you for the explanation!
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Artur Kedzierski, || Artur@cs.ucr.edu
Computer Science Graduate Division || http://www.kedzierski.org/
University of California, Riverside ||
On 2 Sep 2002, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Artur" == Artur Kedzierski <artur@kedzierski.org> writes:
>
> Artur> Hi,
>
> Artur> Is there a reasone why Automake 1.6 creates a directory
> Artur> /usr/share/automake-1.6
>
> Yep, see the "API versioning" section of the documentation.
>
> Artur> instead of using /usr/share/automake/ ?
>
> I guess you meant /usr/share/aclocal-1.6/ and /usr/share/aclocal/.
>
> aclocal uses *both* directories.
>
> Artur> Many software packages install m4 macros into
> Artur> /usr/share/automake/.
>
> Third party packages should install their macros in $(datadir)/aclocal/.
> See also `aclocal --print-ac-dir`.
>
> Artur> Will these macros be used by automake 1.6 or they will
> Artur> be ignored because they are not in automake-1.6?
>
> They will be used. $(datadir)/aclocal-1.6/ is a private directory,
> don't put anything in it.
>
> In short: don't change the place exising packages install their macros.
> --
> Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>