From: Damon Chaplin (damon@karuna.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Sep 29 1999 - 03:43:50 EDT
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> PACKAGE_PIXMAPS_DIR="`$gnomepath --datadir`/pixmaps/${PACKAGE}"
> AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_PIXMAPS_DIR)
>
> The above code does not play along nicely with the rest of the setup.
> Autoconf is designed to make it possible to change the installation path of
> all components by simply setting prefix to a different root path.
>
> the prefix setting at configure time determines which pathes are hardcoded
> into the binaries (if any).
>
> A different prefix at "make install" makes it possible to install the files
> into a different root directory.
>
> Those don't need to be the same, as I can install for example on a mounted
> partition (make install prefix=/mnt), or in a subdirectory to make a tar
> file of glade (or a Debian package, FWIW).
>
> The above code defeats both purposes. Please coordinate with the Gnome
> project how you want to treat this deficiency. Until then, one can work
> around it by setting the PACKAGE_PIXMAPS_DIR at the make install command
> line.
It's a Gnome problem, which has been discussed on the Gnome lists.
When searching for pixmaps, Gnome will only look in a few places, which
means that applications are forced to install pixmaps beneath Gnome's
pixmaps directory.
I don't think it has been fixed for 1.0.50, so we'll have to wait til 2.0.
Damon
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