Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Jim, > > * Jim Lynch wrote on Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 02:46:04PM CEST: > >> I'm trying to figure out how to add a file to be installed in >> $prefix/bin/lib. >> > > Why in the world would you want that? (Honest question!) > > Wouldn't it be enough if you used $(libdir), and told your users > that if they want to shoot themselves mildly in the foot, they could > still use > ./configure --bindir=/some/where/bin --libdir=/some/where/bin/lib > ? > > I mean, this convention goes against all I've ever seen on a *nix > system. If instead you are out to get things working on w32 systems, > then be encouraged to use Libtool, read about -no-undefined, and don't > mess with libdir at all. > > Slightly confused, > Ralf > > > > Hi, Ralf, Sorry for the delay.
The reason is that we were given a java program by a vendor that requires files to be placed in a lib directory in the same directory as the java program. We try to keep all of our binary executables in the same place, namely /usr/local/bin. Hence the need for a /usr/local/bin/lib directory. I agree it's not ideal, but we have to work with what we get. Thanks, Jim
