-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Glus Xof on 12/14/2009 2:56 AM: > Hello guys, > > I'm developping a server application specially for GNU/Linux > platforms... but as I'm a little newbie using the autools, I'd need to > know what I can do to reach that the autotools realizes the system > settings & adjustments (so, in /etc/services, /etc/rc.X/...) before > the installation process concludes, (i.e., make install). Maybe, > calling to a simply Shell Script (Bash) (at the installation process, > of course...) would solve the problem, but... how to configure the > call ?. As the developer, you shouldn't have to worry about this. Rather, the installer should worry about it when they call ./configure, by passing appropriate options to configure such as --sysconfdir=/etc. Remember, not everyone who installs your package will have root access, so you shouldn't ever hard-code locations like /etc/services into your configure script that would typically require root privileges. Instead, by following the GNU Coding Standards of providing locations that default relative to - --prefix, but which can be overridden on a per-directory basis, you give the installer full freedom to fit the needs of their machine. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksmNlYACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCNBACfTqCh9MLZmVIhDIimZ0ETf6+F or4AnivZsZOwhMKYfeLGGB3i0fTlqd9Q =2LRL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
