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stdrelpaths

Synopsis

adl_COMPUTE_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATHS

Description

Here is the standard hierarchy of paths, as defined by the GNU Coding Standards:

   prefix
          exec_prefix
             bindir
             libdir
             libexecdir
             sbindir
          datadir
          sysconfdir
          sharestatedir
          localstatedir
          infodir
          lispdir
          includedir
          oldincludedir
          mandir

This macro will setup a set of variables of the form 'xxx_forward_relative_path' and 'xxx_backward_relative_path' where xxx is one of the above directories. The latter variable is set to the relative path to go from xxx to its parent directory, while the former hold the other way.

For instance `bindir_relative_path' will contains the value to add to $exec_prefix to reach the $bindir directory (usually 'bin'), and `bindir_backward_relative_path' the value to append to $bindir to reach the $exec_prefix directory (usually '..').

This macro requires adl_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS which itself requires adl_NORMALIZE_PATH.

Author

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g@epita.fr>

Last Modified

2001-05-25

M4 Source Code

AC_DEFUN([adl_COMPUTE_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATHS],
## These calls need to be on separate lines for aclocal to work!
[adl_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS(dnl
adl_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATH_LIST)])

dnl adl_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATH_LIST
dnl ===============================
dnl A list of standard paths, ready to supply to adl_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS.
AC_DEFUN([adl_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATH_LIST],
[pushdef([TRIPLET],
[$][1:$][2:$][2_forward_relative_path $]dnl
[2:$][1:$][2_backward_relative_path])dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, exec_prefix) dnl
TRIPLET(exec_prefix, bindir) dnl
TRIPLET(exec_prefix, libdir) dnl
TRIPLET(exec_prefix, libexecdir) dnl
TRIPLET(exec_prefix, sbindir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, datadir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, sysconfdir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, sharestatedir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, localstatedir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, infodir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, lispdir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, includedir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, oldincludedir) dnl
TRIPLET(prefix, mandir) dnl
popdef([TRIPLET])])