* Glus Xof wrote on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 18:59 +0100: > > I would make no changes to configure.ac or Makefile.am, > > as you're looking in the wrong place. The type of questions > > you're asking are more appropriate for the package > > management system, and you should be making changes to > > your spec file and your debian/rules file, etc. > > Sorry ??!, > > Maybe I asking to a wrong list...If so, excuse me, but I don't know > which is the better. > > In this moment, I'm wonder what is, then, the purpose of "make > install" processes ?. I always believed that those, with root rigths, > take files and put (copy) them to the right place in the system > directories... doesn't it? As the others already told, this isn't the purpose of make install; I think it is not intended/suited to be used by system distribution packagers. Major differences are that distribution packages that include /etc/init.d files and alike first form a hierachy with package installation dependencies, version management and on linux usually are distributed in binary form. With RPM, you can install a source RPM but this does not compile (it just installed the source tarball). The distribution package (I mean the package of the linux distribution, such as an RPM) can also include scripts to be executed (to check/update config files) and usually is smart about config files (RPM does not overwrite config files as soon as they are changed by maintaining an MD5 database and creates the file with an .rpmnew extention). So rules to handle /etc/init.d should be inside the RPM package.spec or appropriate .deb, ipkg or whatever mechanism the distribution uses, I think. > The other question is that, me as a programmer, I need to know > anyway the path of the server configuration file to let the > server, at runtime, get its parameters... I don't know if there > is a better way. I don't know... I think, usually the maintainer of the distribution (who usually creates the packages) can use some configure switch to compile in the default names of the directories/files appropriate for the distribution (let it be /etc/package/*.conf or somewhere in /opt or /usr/local/etc). I hope I'm right with what I claim here :) Corrections appreciated! oki, Steffen About Ingenico: Ingenico is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 15 million terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 2,500 employees worldwide support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue. More information on http://www.ingenico.com/. This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
