On Monday 01 September 2003 08:18, Ben Klang wrote:
> Thank you for noting this... I had just seen this behavior myself.
>
> I believe the 'proper' thing to do is respect the given prefix and put
> it in /usr/local/etc, not /etc.
I think /usr/local/etc is a little wierd, I prefer /etc. Though I like
the binaries and other stuff to go under /usr/local or a dedicated
directory, e.g. /usr/local/asterisk. And each distro has its own rules...
autoconf uses the following structure:
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
[same as prefix]
--bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR system admin executables in DIR [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables in DIR [EPREFIX/libexec]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
[PREFIX/share]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data in DIR
[PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
--oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc in DIR [/usr/include]
--infodir=DIR info documentation in DIR [PREFIX/info]
--mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
I think this works pretty well in practice, while giving flexibility for
easy distro customization and some things like sharing binaries over NFS.
Following is a description of how things might work with autoconf
or an autoconf-like structure. By default, things would end up in the
same place, except we might make the following changes:
Change ASTVARLIBDIR to PREFIX/share/asterisk instead of
PREFIX/var/asterisk.
Change AGI_DIR to EPREFIX/lib/asterisk/agi-bin instead of
ASTVARLIBDIR/agi-bin
Put CGI files in a directory under ASTLIBDIR/cgi-bin and have
a symbolic link to the directory from the HTTPDIR/cgi-bin
directory.
ASTLIBDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/usr/lib/asterisk
Now used for libs
This would be --libdir, which defaults to EPREFIX/lib
We would want a default to EPREFIX/lib/asterisk
This is the same as the current situation.
ASTVARLIBDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/var/lib/asterisk
Now used for sound and image files
Under the GNU structure, these would go under
--datadir, which defaults to PREFIX/share
We could default to PREFIX/share/asterisk
or stick with PREFIX/var/asterisk.
This is a potential change from the current situation.
ASTETCDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/etc/asterisk
Used for config files
This would be --sysconfdir, which defaults to EPREFIX/etc
We would default to EPREFIX/etc/asterisk
ASTSPOOLDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/var/spool/asterisk
Used for voicemail
This would be --localstatedir, which defaults to PREFIX/var
We would default to PREFIX/var/spool/asterisk
ASTLOGDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/var/log/asterisk
Used for logfiles and CDRs
This would be --localstatedir=, which defaults to PREFIX/var
We would default to PREFIX/var/spool/asterisk
ASTHEADERDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/usr/include/asterisk
Used for headers for Asterisk API
This would be --includedir, which defaults to PREFIX/include
We would default to PREFIX/include/asterisk
ASTCONFPATH
Currently $(ASTETCDIR)/asterisk.conf
This stays the same
ASTBINDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/usr/bin
Used for end user executables
This would be --bindir, which defaults to EPREFIX/bin
ASTSBINDIR
Currently $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/usr/sbin
Used for system executables
This would be --sbindir, which defaults to EPREFIX/sbin
ASTVARRUNDIR=$(INSTALL_PREFIX)/var/run
Used for runtime files, e.g. pid files
This would be --localstatedir=, which defaults to PREFIX/var
We would default to PREFIX/var/run
MODULES_DIR
Currently $(ASTLIBDIR)/modules
Used for runtime loaded libraries
This stays the same, though I have seen some packages use --libexec.
AGI_DIR
Currently $(ASTVARLIBDIR)/agi-bin
Used for AGI binaries
I am not sure why this is VARLIB not VAR. Is it likely to be different
for different machines?
This would be a separate configuration variable, with default to
ASTLIBDIR/agi-bin
This is a change from the current situation.
HTTPDIR
Currently either /var/www or /home/httpd
I prefer to put CGI files in a directory under the package directory,
e.g. ASTLIBDIR/cgi-bin, and have a symbolic link to the directory from
under the web server. That makes it easier to maintain multiple versions.
This would be a separate configuration variable, with default to
ASTLIBDIR/cgi-bin
This would be a change from the current situation.
>
> -BAK
>
> On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 10:05, Alastair Maw wrote:
> > As noted by other posters, please don't hit reply in your e-mail client
> > when starting a new thread - it breaks threading in clueful clients by
> > adding an In-Reply-To header which shouldn't be there. Thanks. :)
Sorry, started a reply in that thread, but changed in midstream.
Regards,
Jake
> >
> > > It is different from INSTALL_PREFIX, which specifies
> > > a prefix for the final location of the installed files.
> >
> > Talking of which, INSTALL_PREFIX doesn't seem to behave properly. I'd
> > expect the following...
> >
> > make INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local install
> >
> > ...to install Asterisk into:
> > /usr/local/lib/asterisk/
> > /usr/local/sbin/asterisk/
> > /usr/local/include/asterisk/
> > etc.
> >
> > But it doesn't. It puts things in /usr/local/usr/lib/asterisk/ etc.
> > libpri is the same. If we patch the makefiles for libpri and asterisk,
> > should they still put things in /etc/ and /var/ or should they go in
> > /usr/local/etc/ and /usr/local/var/ ?
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