[Xastir] Why scripts are not executable anymore Re: NWS get problem

[Tom Russo]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 06:43:14PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 06:25:24PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> > 
> > And now that I look on *MY* system, NONE of the scripts in 
> > /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts have the execute permission set.
> > Did our install process *ever* set execute permission on these scripts before?
> > I can't think of anything that has changed recently to undo that.
> 
> Yes, I can.
> 
> Back in February I was forced to change scripts/Makefile.am because new 
> versions of Automake refuse to accept certain combinations of instructions
> like "pkglib_SCRIPTS" which once sent our scripts to /usr/local/lib/xastir --
> It was always the case that only certain prefixes were intended to be used
> with _SCRIPTS, but older versions of automake let it slide quietly when they
> were misused.  These days "pkglib" is an illegal use for the _SCRIPTS primary,
> and current versions of automake refuse to proceed.
> 
> This had to be changed just to get it to work, but with the side effect that
> the scripts are now being installed as data instead of as scripts... i.e. 
> they're not executable on install.  
> 
> This will obviously need to be fixed.  It may take some time to figure out
> the correct Automake invocation to get it right.  It might require yet another
> relocation of the scripts.  Grumble.
> 
> For now, just do a chmod u+x on the files in /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts.

I've hacked the build system so scripts are once again installed as executables,
without moving the install directory again.

A cvs update followed by a new bootstrap, configure, and install will make it
right.

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