Erik, >> 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! Thanks a lot, I understand.,, but what happens about /etc/init.d shell scripts (I mean the ones which start, stop & restart servers) ? Would be possible to get more info about the way of manage them ? Glus _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
