Re: [PATCH] Non-standard lispdir

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Karl Eichwalder <ke@gnu.franken.de> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> 
> |   I like to store the Gnus *.elc files in a non-standard area, and so
> |   I have patched the `configure' script to allow a `--lispdir'
> |   parameter.
> 
> It's a good idea to make `lispdir' available to the `configure' script;
> but the right approach would be to patch `configure.in' to let
> `autoconf' do the dirty work.  Have a look how the `w3' package tries to
> solve the problem
> [ ... ]

Thanks ... I very much appreciate this information. :)

>     AC_EMACS_PACKAGES
>     AC_PATH_LISPDIR
>     AC_EMACS_VERSION
> 
> I'm not sure whether these are the "official" ones -- they are working
> pretty well.  I'll check it the next week.

Well, it looks like I'd have make use of a customized AC_INIT macro in order
to add a --lispdir argument to the Gnus `configure.in' script ... or am
I missing something?  Any ideas?

> |   This lets us explicitly set the `lispdir' variable in the Makefiles
> |   to a value of our choice.
> 
> That's already working; simply call `make' this way:
> 
>     make lispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus
>     make lispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus install

Yes ... I know I can do this, but I was hoping to make this part of
`configure' so I only have to type the lisp directory once (during
initial configuration), and then call `make' as follows:

   make
   make install

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com