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2012-02-21
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| 01:56 | • Open ticket [1777301fff]: TEA: --exec-prefix not set from --prefix plus 5 ot... artifact: 214ddd33ac user: kennykb | |
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2008-11-23
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| 09:20 | • Closed ticket [1777301fff]. artifact: eef7d5e017 user: sf-robot | |
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2008-11-05
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| 05:06 | • Pending ticket [1777301fff]. artifact: a2608cf17b user: hobbs | |
| 05:06 | • Ticket [1777301fff]: 4 changes artifact: bbad6de3db user: hobbs | |
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2007-09-09
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| 07:29 | • Ticket [1777301fff]: 4 changes artifact: 868379658d user: pointsman | |
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2007-09-07
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| 10:51 | • Ticket [1777301fff]: 4 changes artifact: 22b8d79f56 user: jenglish | |
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2007-08-19
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| 20:26 | • New ticket [1777301fff]. artifact: 61f1d24e51 user: pointsman | |
| Ticket UUID: | 1777301 | ||
| Title: | TEA: --exec-prefix not set from --prefix | ||
| Type: | Bug | Created on: | 2007-08-19 20:26:18 |
| Submitter: | pointsman | Assigned to: | hobbs |
| Subsystem: | 85. tclconfig | Severity: | |
| Priority: | 5 Medium | Last modified: | 2012-02-21 01:56:00 |
| Status: | Open | Closed by: | sf-robot |
| Resolution: | None | Closed on: | 2008-11-23 02:20:23 |
| Version: | None | ||
| Description: | ||||
A typical TEA 3.6 configure --help claims, that the default of --exec-prefix is set from prefix. Or at least, that is, how I understand it (reformated
Installation directories:
--prefix=PREFIX
install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX
install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX]
But, if --prefix=/some/path is given to configure, the generated Makefile has:
...
prefix = /some/path
exec_prefix = /usr/local
...
It seems, that exec_prefix is always set to the prefix default; there's code in TEA_INIT, which seems to do this.
Note, that there is no real problem. Using both --prefix and --exec-prefix works.
Just make the software do, what the doc (--help) say, or make the doc say, what the software really does.
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| User Comments: | ||||
jenglish added on 2007-09-07 10:51:17:
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Probably can't change the help text; you get that for free from autoconf whether you want it or not.
However, for Tcl extensions, --prefix, --exec_prefix, and all of the subsidiary install directories are superfluous: the only installation directory TEA uses is $(pkglibdir).
$(pkglibdir) is normally specified as a subdirectory of $(libdir) in Makefile.in; $(libdir) in turn defaults to ${exec_prefix}/lib; and ${exec_prefix} is set to ${TCL_EXEC_PREFIX} by the TEA_PREFIX autoconf macro. (The value of TCL_EXEC_PREFIX is found in tclConfig.sh; it's set to the value of @exec_prefix@ used when configuring Tcl.)
pointsman added on 2007-09-09 07:29:12:
Logged In: YES user_id=13222 Originator: YES No, --prefix and --exec_prefix are not superfluous at all for a Tcl extension. I love it, that I have the freedom, to compile my extenstion against a certain tcl installation (given by --with-tcl) and to install the result in a place of my choice, other than $(pkglibdir). Yes, I handle the auto_path manipulation, to get the extension version, I want, don't care about that. That is currently possible, and that's fine. In case of an extension with binary code, the user just has to provide both, --prefix and --exec-prefix. Although the help suggests, that the --exec-prefix default is set from the --prefix value. With isn't true. Nitpik. hobbs added on 2008-11-05 05:06:38:
Actually Tcl's TEA_PREFIX does set exec_prefix to prefix, but it may be that autoconf (which handles this at a meta level) does it's own magic. A patch for what you intend against TEA_PREFIX would be good. Otherwise it is working as expected. sf-robot added on 2008-11-23 09:20:23:
This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter did not respond within 14 days (the time period specified by the administrator of this Tracker). kennykb added on 2012-02-21 01:56:00:
'stu', 'rkeene' and 'pooryorick' on the Tcl'ers Chat today indicate that this behaviour is still a problem, and promise more information. | ||||