Re: Support for a non-standard directory
Hi Ralf,
thank you for your support.
Op Wednesday 20 February 2008 21:20:48 schreef Ralf Wildenhues:
When I now run:
DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--with-dist=suse --without-openpkg make
distcheck it fails :(
That is likely because distcheck ensures that with --prefix, all
installed files can be redirected to be inside a subtree.
Okay, but other directories can be specified, and those parallel to the one
specified with --prefix. E.g. --prefix=/usr, while --sysconfigdir=/etc
and --datadir=/var
Do you have a way to override the webserver_document_root? If yes,
assuming that the possibility is --enable-webserver-document-root=DIR,
you can add
DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS='--with-dist=suse --without-openpkg
--enable-webserver-document-root=${sharedstatedir}/htdocs'
Alternatively, you could default the directory in configure.ac
if test -n $enable_webserver_document_root; then
...
else
webserver_document_root='${sharedstatedir}/htdocs'
fi
AC_SUBST([webserver_document_root])
I don't know, if this is possible due to the way we have setup the automake
chain. We define webserver_document_root in a distribution dependend file,
that is included in Makefile.am. If you don't mind I'll sent you a tarbal
(250k), with the project. Having a look at the real files, with the
possibility to execute, says much more than many words trying to explain how
it works (or we have put it together).
Whatever I do to the webserver_document_root (more details about this
below) it either fails the 'make distcheck', or 'make install' installs
in an incorrect location.
I'm now going to use a workaround to (mis)use the configure argument
--htmldir to define the webserver root directory.
--htmldir should be for documentation in HTML format.
Yes, that is true. Therefor I wrote (mis)use. But this one works! ;)
Two questions:
1) is a feature request feasible, asking to extend configure so it gets a
command line option that can be used to define the webserver root
directory (--webserverdir e.g.)?
No. It is deliberate that all configure scripts understand the same
flags, --enable-* and --with-* are for package-specific extensions (that
are to be ignored by other packages). The GNU Coding Standards mandate
this; the rationale is to allow you to build trees of packages,
connected by AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS, and not have configure scripts fail due
to arguments it does not know.
But, all directories options don't start with that, see ./configure --help:
Fine tuning of the installation directories:
--bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIRmodifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include]
etc
As such, it would be nice if configure would include an option to specify
an --serverdir or --servicedir. Another reason would be, because /srv is
adviced by FHS
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM
If I search the internet, more people are fighting
this battle to obtain a webserver root directory with autotools and
have 'make distcheck' work. Hence, it would serve multiple people.
FWIW, I have seen none of this battle so far.
One that is/was very similar is:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/automake/2004-10/msg00032.html
I did not check other threads though (there won't be too many as calling 'make
distcheck' with the environment variable DISTCHECK... resulting in an error
is, I think, rather exceptional.
--
Richard Bos
We are borrowing the world of our children,
It is not inherited from our parents.
What is the best way to localize files
What is the best way to use msgfmt in a Makefile.am for localization of files? Back in 2003 there was a discussion about introducing something like: locale_POTS = foo.pot foo_pot_SOURCES = a.c a.h b.c b.h ... foo_pot_LANGFILE = LINGUAS foo_pot_XGETTEXTFLAGS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ Has this happened, is this available? At the moment the Makefile.am has the following code: .po.mo: $(MSGFMT) -o $@ $ PHP_LOCALE_DE_PO = php/admin/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po PHP_LOCALE_DE_MO = php/admin/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo localedir = $(phpkolabdir)/locale phplocalededir = $(localedir)/de/LC_MESSAGES phplocalede_DATA = $(PHP_LOCALE_DE_MO) That is repeated for several languages. If I may ask, how to improve this?? The current problem is that 'make distcheck' fails with the following error: msgfmt -o php/admin/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo ../../php/admin/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po msgfmt: error while opening php/admin/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo for writing: unknown directory of file. This is due to the output directory not being created. -- Thanks in advance, Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Re: Variable defition works in configure.ac, but not in external file?
Ralf, Op zondag 13 november 2005 02:55, schreef Ralf Wildenhues: Hi Richard, * Richard Bos wrote on Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 12:00:16AM CET: Problem: a variable remains undefined during 'make distcheck', although, it is present in the file that is included by Makefile.am. *snip* The file dist_conf/kolab (@distribution@) included by configure.ac as follows: AC_ARG_ENABLE([dist], [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dist=DIST], [distribution target (default: openpkg)])], [distribution=dist_conf/$enable_dist], [distribution=dist_conf/kolab]) AC_SUBST_FILE(distribution) Shot in the dark: Maybe you want distribution=$srcdir/dist_conf/kolab instead? If you do VPATH builds (source tree != build tree), you should encounter the problem there as well. You hit the 'bull' :)) Thanks a lot! -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Re: Getting web content past distcheck
Op woensdag 13 oktober 2004 20:11, schreef John Kodis: htmldir = $(WEBDIR)/html/$(PACKAGE) cgidir = $(WEBDIR)/cgi-bin/$(PACKAGE) to get the web pages and cgi-bin scripts installed in the /var/www directory tree. This all works fine, except that make distcheck only works when run as root, since make tries to install these files under /var/www rather than under the _inst directory. I've tried adding $(DESTDIR) and @DESTDIR@ in various places, but haven't found the magical invocation that will get distcheck to run successfully. If I remember well you need to combine those: htmldir = $(DESTDIR)/$(WEBDIR)/html/$(PACKAGE) -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
confused: $DISTDIR not recognized by distcheck
Hello list, I'm confused how to use DESTDIR in an install hook in combination with target distcheck. When using $(prefix) in Makefile.am 'make distcheck' is succesfull, but make DESTDIR=$PWD/blah fails: (below is my result with DESTDIR in the Makefile.am instead of prefix) --- # make DESTDIR=$PWD/blah .. make install-data-hook make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/server.tmp' echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG echo prefix / prefix / echo for i in cgi-bin icons; do \ install -d -m 0755 //srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$i; \ done install: cannot create directory `//srv/server': Permission denied install: cannot create directory `//srv/server': Permission denied Makeinstall --- install-data-hook: echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG echo prefix $(prefix) echo $(webserver_document_root) for i in cgi-bin icons; do \ install -d -m 0755 $(prefix)/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$$i; \ done for i in freebusy locks; do \ install -d -m 0777 $(prefix)/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$$i; \ done echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG If I change $(prefix) into $(DESTDIR) in the generated Makefile, make DESTDIR=$PWD/blah install succeeds: --- make install-data-hook make[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/server.tmp' echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG for i in cgi-bin icons; do \ install -d -m 0755 /tmp/server.tmp/blah/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$i; \ done for i in freebusy locks; do \ install -d -m 0777 /tmp/server.tmp/blah/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$i; \ done echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/server.tmp' If I use $(DESTDIR) in Makefile.am instead of $(prefix) the make distcheck fails: # make distcheck .. make install-data-hook make[5]: Entering directory `/tmp/server.tmp/server-2.0/_build' echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG echo DESTDIR DESTDIR for i in cgi-bin icons; do \ install -d -m 0755 /srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$i; \ done install: cannot create directory `/srv/server': Permission denied install: cannot create directory `/srv/server': Permission denied make[5]: *** [install-data-hook] Error 1 Makefile.am install-data-hook: echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG echo DESTDIR $(DESTDIR) for i in cgi-bin icons; do \ install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$$i; \ done for i in freebusy locks; do \ install -d -m 0777 $(DESTDIR)/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$$i; \ done echo DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG The 'make DESTDIR=$PWD/blah install' command succeeds. Why does my 'make distcheck' fail?? -- TIA, Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Re: confused: $DISTDIR not recognized by distcheck
Op maandag 17 mei 2004 14:59, schreef Andrew Suffield: This would work: install -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/srv/server/www/cgi-bin/$$i; \ Rald, Andrew, thank you both for your reply. The above construction works indeed. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Re: how to address a directory as /srv
Op zaterdag 15 mei 2004 03:31, schreef Andrew Suffield: Makefile.am wsadmindir = $(DESTDIR)/srv/www/html/server/admin ^^ That's wrong. Take it out. Automake already supports DESTDIR natively; you're just stuffing it in the path twice. It improve's the 'make DESTDIR= install' command. This one is now succesfull. The 'make distcheck' still fails with the 'no permission': /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /srv/www/html/server/admin/addressbook mkdir -p -- /srv/www/html/server/admin/addressbook mkdir: cannot create directory `/srv/www/html': Permission denied make[3]: *** [install-wsaddressbookDATA] Error 1 To me it looks like that 'distcheck' misses support to create directories that are not prefixed with an automake variable, is that possible? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Re: how to address a directory as /srv
Op zaterdag 15 mei 2004 14:20, schreef Andrew Suffield: Ah, you need a $(prefix) in there, and you really want to add a This works indeed. --srvdir argument to configure - but I don't think autoconf exposes an interface for doing that. You probably want to start by getting /srv explicitly supported by autoconf. Usual batch of --prefix problems apply Like setting --bindir, --sbindir, etc explicitely? But for now this seem to solve my problem. Thanks, Andrew! -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
