On 8/19/07, Anssi Hannula anssi.hannula@gmail.com wrote:
However, almost exactly the opposite is the case with PLUGINLIBDIR, which by default is ./PLUGINS/lib so that it works inside the source-tree, but it is not so good if installed into /usr/local.
I've already seen this problem for people who install vdr. People seem to expect that vdr is installed to /usr/local/bin while plugins go to /usr/local/bin/PLUGINS/lib. The current Makefile puts:
vdr to $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR), plugins to $(DESTDIR)$(PLUGINLIBDIR), with DESTDIR empty by default.
ok.. so vdr goes in /usr/local/bin, as expected.. but plugins go in ./PLUGINS/lib.. Again, the most common expected behavior that I see from users is that vdr be installed to $(BINDIR) and plugins installed to $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR). vdr in /usr/local/bin, plugins in /usr/local/bin/PLUGINS/lib.
Also, when cleaning plugins, shouldn't ALL copies be cleaned? Why would you clean plugins binaries from ./PLUGINS/lib but not from your install path is as well? In the previous example, /usr/local/bin/PLUGINS/lib.. It seems fitting & expected to: @-rm -f $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR)/*.so.$(APIVERSION)
Just my observations...