From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: install-data-local scheduling not guaranteed Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 16:01:21 -0700 Sender: bug-guile-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: ttn@glug.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020467179 1620 127.0.0.1 (3 May 2002 23:06:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 23:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 173m83-0000Q1-00 for ; Sat, 04 May 2002 01:06:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 173m7t-0004X8-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 19:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from ca-crlsbd-u5-c4a-a-172.crlsca.adelphia.net ([24.48.214.172] helo=giblet) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 173m74-0004Ty-00 for ; Fri, 03 May 2002 19:05:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by giblet with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 173m3E-00004q-00 for ; Fri, 03 May 2002 16:01:20 -0700 Original-To: bug-guile@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guile-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:215 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:215 in branch_release-1-6 ice-9/Makefile.am, we use `install-data-local' to install "and-let*.scm". w/ automake 1.5 (no idea what was before), this frag is run before the rest of the install, and fails if there is no destination directory already set up. the failure is masked by the "-" action prefix, which is fine (considering the reason for using this mechanism in the first place -- slackful handling of sites where "*" is not a valid file name). automake documentation sez: > Extending installation > ====================== > > It is possible to extend this mechanism by defining an > `install-exec-local' or `install-data-local' target. If these targets > exist, they will be run at `make install' time. These rules can do > almost anything; care is required. > > Automake also supports two install hooks, `install-exec-hook' and > `install-data-hook'. These hooks are run after all other install rules > of the appropriate type, exec or data, have completed. So, for > instance, it is possible to perform post-installation modifications > using an install hook. so probably we should use `install-data-hook' instead. i'll test this and commit changes shortly, presuming all goes well. thi _______________________________________________ Bug-guile mailing list Bug-guile@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guile