Re: Do not create conditional installation directories

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Akim Demaille wrote on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 06:31:50PM CET:
> >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  > But the question remains: how do you think we should address the bug
>  > that bothers Akim, other than by this patch and a big warning in NEWS?
> 
> My focus was more about an empty $(foodir), not an empty $(foo_DATA).

Can you describe situations where an empty $(foodir) happens?
Is this a bug?  Is this a regression?

> I was suggesting that it would be nice that an empty $(foodir)
> disables any install in it, whatever the primary.  This is much
> shorter than having to play with conditionals.
> 
> Currently "make install" does weird stuff in this situation, I can't
> believe there would be incompatibilities issues.

I imagine that it doesn't call any mkdir, but installs some files right
in / (or in $(DESTDIR)), if you happen to be unlucky enough to have the
necessary privileges.  Bad.  :-/

Is there general agreement that what the first item in the automake/TODO
file is about, is what my patch addresses?

Cheers,
Ralf