More makefile conventions #9
Open
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
No need to manually specify such rules, so long as the right variables (CC, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, etc) are set
This allows the user to specify an alternative root directory to install to. For example, they may wish to install only for their local user, so they can set PREFIX="$HOME"/.local make install
This is compatible with more WMs
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Well this is crazy timing. I'm getting ready to package this project for Arch Linux, and suddenly the most recent commit goes from 2 years old to 2 minutes old!
Rebased my changes on top of master following the merging of #7.
The most notable changes are:
${PREFIX}, which allows the user to install to a different prefix other than/usr/local/usr/share/gnome/autostartto/etc/xdg/autostart, which is supported by more WMs, and is also e.g. where GNOME puts all its global autostart .DESKTOP files now