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Re: Preventing Overwriting Of Config Files
From: |
Tom Tromey |
Subject: |
Re: Preventing Overwriting Of Config Files |
Date: |
06 May 2002 22:44:47 -0600 |
>>>>> "Ollie" == Ollie Cook <address@hidden> writes:
[ FYI: automake questions should probably go to the automake list ]
Ollie> EXTRA_DIST = eximstate.conf
Ollie> sysconf_DATA = eximstate.conf eximstated.conf
Ollie> When 'make install' is run, eximstated.conf and eximstate.conf are
Ollie> copied to sysconfdir, even if pre-existing (and probably modified)
Ollie> versions of the configurations files already exist.
Ollie> Is there a way to only install these files if they don't already
Ollie> exist?
Not a canned method. You can use noinst_DATA and install them by hand
in an install-exec-local rule though.
For this case we really need a pre-install hook. There's already an
automake PR for this (automake/25).
Tom