libqof variables in configure.in (Fwd: gentoo ebuild)

[Christian Stimming]

Forwarding Neil's answer to list.

Neil Williams schrieb:
> On Sunday 08 January 2006 9:24 pm, you wrote:
> 
>>Hi Neil,
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> 
>>someone on the gnucash-de list tries to create a gentoo ebuild for
>>gnucash-SVN.
> 
> 
> And it looks like they have not got the packaging correct.
> :-(
> 
> I suggest hinting DESTDIR, e.g. a Fink build uses
> InstallScript: <<
>  make install DESTDIR=%d
> <<
> 
> No idea what the syntax would be for gentoo but pilot-qof is the same. (and 
> don't get me started on pilot-link!!)
> 
> 
>>Gentoo portage tries to build and install everything in a sandbox
>>directory.
> 
> 
> QOF works fine in such environments - the path is NOT hardcoded, it's 
> dependent on the --prefix so it follows the prescribed pattern.
> 
> 
>>In his case this got an error (copy below) on installing the 
>>qsfschema_DATA files in lib/libqof/backend/file , because they were about
>>to be installed in an absolute path instead of something below the
>>sandbox's $prefix. I checked configure.in and saw the definition of the
>>absolute path in QOF_XML_DIR.
> 
> 
> It is not absolute, it uses the $prefix value - precisely as it should.
> 
> An absolute path wouldn't work on OSX which is where QOF and pilot-qof work 
> just fine.
> (Far easier than gnucash ever could!)
> :-)
> 
> 
>>Can this please be changed? 
> 
> 
> Not currently.
> 
> 
>>The change would 
>>be as below. (Side note: If it isn't changed, it will most probably also
>>break things like make distcheck or rpmbuild.)
> 
> 
> It does not, I've packaged QOF using this setting using Debian, RPM and Fink 
> without any complaints, including using chroot environments.
> 
> 
>> if test x$QOF_XML_DIR = x; then
>>         AC_MSG_RESULT([no, will use internal QOF code])
>>-       QOF_LIB_DIR=`eval echo $libdir | sed "s%^NONE%$prefix%"`
>>-       QOF_LIB_DIR=`eval echo $QOF_LIB_DIR | sed "s%^NONE%$prefix%"`
>>+       QOF_LIB_DIR="\${libdir}"
> 
> 
> Doesn't work. That is the first thing I tried. In case you didn't notice, the 
> first line uses the value in $libdir and then does some basic syntax checking 
> - that's all it does.
> 
> 
>>        QOF_CFLAGS="-I\${top_srcdir}/lib/libqof/qof"
>>        QOF_LIBS="\${top_srcdir}/lib/libqof/qof/libqof.la"
>> #      QOF_LIB_DIR=`eval echo ${libdir}`
>>        QOF_VERSION="internal"
>>        QOF_PREFIX="internal"
>>-       QOF_XML_DIR=`eval echo ${datadir}/xml/qsf`
>>+       QOF_XML_DIR="\${datadir}/xml/qsf"
> 
> 
> And what do you think that change would achieve? 
> 
> Maybe the package maintainer needs to specify DESTDIR to make install. That 
> was required for Fink - and not just for the schema either.
> 
> Your original premise in inaccurate - the problem does not exist as portrayed. 
> If this was a bug report, I'd tag it "won't fix" and close it.
>