[GRASSLIST:1697] Re: GRASS binaries: why not?

[Glynn Clements]

Richard Greenwood wrote:

> I have a good binary of grass5.0.3rc5 on cygwin (thanks to Glynn's tireless 
> help) that I would like to contribute to the mix, but i have one 
> peculiarity that I think should be cleaned up:
> 
> I configure with
>     --prefix=/usr/local/grass5.0.3rc5
> but it insist on creating in install directory of:
>     /usr/local/grass5.0.3rc5/grass5
> 
> Where is the /grass5 coming from?

It's hardcoded into Makefile.in (and possibly some other places):

	INST_DIR=		${prefix}/grass at NAME_VER@

IOW, for --prefix=/usr/local (the default), GISBASE is
/usr/local/grass5; for --prefix=/opt, it's /opt/grass5 etc.

The way that configure handles --prefix etc is designed for typical
Unix programs which get installed into the various system (e.g. 
/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/include etc), rather than
those which install under a single root.

If you want to name the installation point something other than
"grass5", the simplest solution is simply to move it post-installation
and change the value of GISBASE in the grass5 script.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>