hi list,
Newbie question here: Is it better to do this in a Makefile.am:
install-exec-hook:
$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)@syslogdir@
or this:
install-exec-hook:
$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(syslogdir)
assuming, of course, that I called AC_SUBST(syslogdir) in configure.ac?
The first will expand to $(prefix)/..., so you'd have the option of
changing the resulting directory by passing prefix= on the make
command line. The second will allow you to change the resulting
directory with either prefix= or syslogdir= on the make command line.
I guess you'd get a bit more flexibility by using the second option
because you could change the syslogdir without changing the prefix.
But, is there a conventional, or more correct approach?
If you have an opinion on it, then what's your rationale?
Thanks in advance,
John
