Stepan Kasal <kasal@xxxxxx> wrote: > this sounds nice. A patch would be welcome, supposing that you are > willing to sign the paperwork so that we can accept it. Not necessary. I'm a GNU maintainer already. ;-) > I'm not sure whether it should be an "enable" option. Perhaps > --directory-layout ? If it becomes part of the autoconf package itself, definitely. Since it's currently (not created yet) supplementary, it should probably retain the "--enable-FEATURE" syntax. > And yes, your reasoning against pkg*dir variables seems to be valid, > at least in cases when your layout option is used. The only time a `pkg*dir' might seem useful is if you're using a single `configure.ac' to build multiple packages, using the cache for subdirectories. `datadir' may very well point to a root directory where package-specific directories should be created. In that case, having a `pkg*dir' for EVERY directory location would be useful. As it stands, automake v1.9 is only documented to do three: `pkglibdir', `pkgincludedir', and `pkgdatadir'. There are probably other directory targets that might be useful, a `docdir' (and `pkgdocdir') for example. Most Linux distributions store package documentation (COPYRIGHT, README, contrib scripts, examples, etc.) in `/usr/share/doc/pkgname/' directories. I'm sure I'm not the first to make the suggestion. Anyway, gotta run! Happy New Year! -- Chad Walstrom <chewie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
