Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] The make install target

[Luke Hart <lukeh@xxxxxxxx>]

Vasil Dimov wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have altered the FreeBSD port graphics/xaralx to install "by hand" the
> necessary stuff (the desktop file, the man page, the icon, some
> documentation and the examples). Till now the port used the stock
> `make install' target which currently only installs ${PREFIX}/bin/XaraLX.
>
> So here is everything I decided that can be useful and therefore should
> be installed (from XaraLXSrc-0.5r1175.tar.bz2 for graphics/xaralx, and
> XaraLX-0.5r1184.tar.bz2 for graphics/xaralx-devel):
>
> ${PREFIX}/share/examples/XaraLX/Designs/53 Corvette.xar
>  
We put these in ${PREFIX}/share/xaralx/Examples

> ${PREFIX}/share/examples/XaraLX/Templates/1024 by 768 drawing.xar
>  
We put these in ${PREFIX}/share/xaralx/Templates

> ${PREFIX}/share/examples/XaraLX/TextDesigns/AngledText.xar
> ${PREFIX}/share/examples/XaraLX/testfiles/10000GradFilledShapes.xar
>  
Not sure that these are much use to users and possibly shouldn't be included

> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/AUTHORS
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/GPL
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/LICENSE
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/README
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/en/xaralx.htm
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/gifutil.txt
> ${PREFIX}/share/doc/XaraLX/mtrand.txt
>  
We put these in ${PREFIX}/share/xaralx/doc.

> If not changed by the user ${PREFIX} defaults to /usr/X11R6.
>  
This can be done by specifying --prefix=/usr/X11R6 on configure 
command-line (as you're no doubt aware)

> The reason I did not create a patch for the XaraLX's Makefile.am
> is that the "by hand" method is simpler for me and furthermore I am
> not sure if the above paths are standard for Linux and other OSes.
> I am pretty sure that this files:
> ${PREFIX}/man/man1/XaraLX.1.gz
> ${PREFIX}/bin/XaraLX
> ${PREFIX}/share/applications/xaralx.desktop
> ${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/xaralx.png
> are fine for any kind of UNIX. But I have doubts about where the
> examples and the documentation are expected to be on non-FreeBSD UNIXes.
>  
Yes, that sounds correct.

> There are 6 paths above - man, bin, applications (for the desktop file),
> pixmaps (for the icon), examples and doc. It would be great if the
> `make install' target installs these somewhere by default and these
> defaults to be changeable via ./configure options.
>  
I'm a little surprised that FreeBSD deviates so far from Linux (or 
vice-versa). In fact spreading application support files through-out a 
system of directories doesn't make much sense. The autoconf stuff 
doesn't support this directory structure either, it does support bin, 
man (i think) and a data directory (PREFIX/share).

   Luke