[Xastir] Quick question about Automake - Makefile.am

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:

> How can I alter the src/Makefile.am so that when I do a make install it
> automaticly sets the executable to 4755?

Easiest way is to make a script that does what you want, and always
use that script in order to do an update.

Perhaps something like this:


    #!/bin/sh

    cd /home/<user>/src/xastir
    /usr/bin/cvs update
    ./bootstrap.sh
    ./configure
    /usr/bin/make

    # You might want to pause here and check that everything
    # succeeded before continuing with the install.  That way you
    # don't overwrite a working install with a non-working one.

    /usr/bin/make install-strip
    chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir


Note:  Untested.  Use at your own risk.

With this method you won't have to patch the Xastir sources/scripts
at all.

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