Re: Autoconf question

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

> I am attempting to package a program that includes some icons. in
> Makefile.in, it has the following:
> 
> prefix=@prefix@
> exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
> bindir=@bindir@
> mandir=@mandir@
> icondir=@prefix@/share/icons
> 
> and these variables are referred to elsewhere. My problem is that when
> the Makefile is generated, it comes out like:
> 
> # Generated automatically from Makefile.in by configure.
> #
> prefix=/usr
> exec_prefix=${prefix}
> bindir=${exec_prefix}/bin
> mandir=${prefix}/man
> icondir=/usr/share/icons
> 
> So, when the package build process runs make with the argument
> 'prefix=/home/decklin/devel/xap/xap-0.7.7/debian/tmp', it has no
> effect on $icondir and make attempts to install the icons in
> /usr/share/icons. I am using fakeroot, which could be a problem.
> Am I missing something silly here?

You could change the icondir line in Makefile.in to read
icondir=${prefix}/share/icons
and your problem will be solved.  Seems like it's a bug in the
Makefile.in.

   Julian

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
        Debian GNU/Linux Developer,  see http://www.debian.org/~jdg