Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

          + The definition of @samp{libexecdir} is the same for all packages, 
so you
          + should install your data in a subdirectory thereof.  Most packages
          + install their data under @file{$(libexecdir)/@var{package-name}/}.

       This is actually wrong (but only for libexecdir), most packages
       install under:
       $(libexecdir)/PACKAGE/MACHINE/VERSION/

   I believe the original statement is correct, "under
   libexecdir/package" seems true to me.  There may be further
   subdirectories under that.  This is the case for other variables
   too.

I don't consider it true at all, "in a subdirectory thereof" means
_one_ subdirectory to me, so to me $(libexecdir)/P/M/V would be
invalid.

   If we start talking about it for one var, we should do it for all,
   and I am not prepared to do that.

How about not talking about it at all for libexecdir for now?  Atleast
the nitpicker in me wouldn't have anything to nitpick anymore without
it.

       (If you are using Automake, write it as $(pkgdatadir).)

   If you're using Automake, you're not going to specify it at all (or
   any of these other variables).  Right?

Yeah, you are right.  I was thinking of an obscure mess that I had to
fix not long ago and got confused.

   I made one other change: calling Ultrix v4 a "modern operating
   system" seems rather anachronistic.

Haha.

Here is your patch but with the $(libexecdir)/PACKAGE bit removed.

Thanks Karl!

*** make-stds.texi      28 Jan 2005 01:34:13 -0000      1.38
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*** 294,298 ****
  Installation directories should always be named by variables, so it is
  easy to install in a nonstandard place.  The standard names for these
! variables are described below.  They are based on a standard filesystem
! layout; variants of it are used in SVR4, 4.4BSD, GNU/Linux, Ultrix v4,
! and other modern operating systems.

  These two variables set the root for the installation.  All the other
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  Installation directories should always be named by variables, so it is
  easy to install in a nonstandard place.  The standard names for these
! variables and the values they should have in GNU packages are
! described below.  They are based on a standard filesystem layout;
! variants of it are used in GNU/Linux and other modern operating
! systems.
! 
! Installers are expected to override these values when calling
! @command{make} (e.g., @kbd{make prefix=/usr install} or
! @command{configure} (e.g., @kbd{configure --prefix=/usr}).  GNU
! packages should not try to guess which value should be appropriate for
! these variables on the system they are being installed onto: use the
! default settings specified here so that all GNU packages behave
! identically, allowing the installer to achieve any desired layout.

  These two variables set the root for the installation.  All the other
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*** 385,388 ****
  The root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent
  data files.  This should normally be @file{/usr/local/share}, but
! write it as @file{$(prefix)/share}.  @samp{datadir}'s default value is
! based on this variable; so are @samp{infodir}, @samp{mandir}, and others.

  @item datadir
--- 398,405 ----
  The root of the directory tree for read-only architecture-independent
  data files.  This should normally be @file{/usr/local/share}, but
! write it as @file{$(prefix)/share}.  (If you are using Autoconf, write
! it as @samp{@@datarootdir@@}.)  @samp{datadir}'s default value is
! based on this variable; so are @samp{infodir}, @samp{mandir}, and
! others.

  @item datadir
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*** 392,395 ****
  architecture-independent data files for this program.  This is usually
  the same place as @samp{datarootdir}, but we use the two separate
! variables so that you can move these idiosyncratic files without
  altering the location for Info files, man pages, etc.

! The default definition of @samp{datadir} should be
  @file{$(datarootdir)}.  (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
  @samp{@@datadir@@}.)

  @item sysconfdir
  The directory for installing read-only data files that pertain to a
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  architecture-independent data files for this program.  This is usually
  the same place as @samp{datarootdir}, but we use the two separate
! variables so that you can move these program-specific files without
  altering the location for Info files, man pages, etc.

! This should normally be @file{/usr/local/share}, but write it as
  @file{$(datarootdir)}.  (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
  @samp{@@datadir@@}.)

+ The definition of @samp{datadir} is the same for all packages, so you
+ should install your data in a subdirectory thereof.  Most packages
+ install their data under @file{$(datadir)/@var{package-name}/}.
+ 
  @item sysconfdir
  The directory for installing read-only data files that pertain to a