From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:48:51 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#7656: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes. Resent-From: Stefano Lattarini Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-automake@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 7656 X-GNU-PR-Package: automake X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 7656@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-automake@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.129253593119105 (code B ref -1); Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Dec 2010 21:45:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLdi-0004y6-2v for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:45:30 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLdf-0004xt-Op for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:45:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLjm-0001II-Lh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:47 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:54550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLjm-0001IE-Jk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:46 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59233 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTLjl-0007as-OY for bug-automake@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLjk-0001Hw-TS for bug-automake@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:45 -0500 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:45505) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTLjk-0001Hs-Nx for bug-automake@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:44 -0500 Received: by wwb17 with SMTP id 17so12724wwb.30 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:51:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=qCFPbCWR+32xjMHJwSJt6bIgK6S4G3cRuqUOE5eTJaM=; b=Am1mHlYfpPLN/i6KPc2y7ZS6FRsYEvIrkKlU1t2x6Byzq9p31XXjSnJSJ5bhmW4xEP /HYqrEqBwO1CXubOr3Pdhw+vTu7j+1tFxHqTFBKP+MKzBvkaXDodx726rZby1LZQZ1pP qvstQRNAt/rRTO4kOfhb6X1WtZQt4z9jaZL1w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=dTmX2mXAoiSW7Vy5v/EHDSWeHgVi5euotorux7tEliAByyMU6vvK18Hct6HpJnSxRV XHHc6bl6/NyuUqWUPZnqpkiLheahtwZzZ63o4f5ewVGzt7j3CQPQ/CKv/lQ4NpTfS7rI P+QZDPf+e6FQ++Ylc5NWXhaI2rrzaTZsHRgMw= Received: by 10.216.208.230 with SMTP id q80mr2802757weo.103.1292536303691; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:51:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from bigio.localnet (host209-92-dynamic.248-95-r.retail.telecomitalia.it [95.248.92.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm304408wet.24.2010.12.16.13.51.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:51:43 -0800 (PST) From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:51:15 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.30-2-686; KDE/4.4.4; i686; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201012162251.16187.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.5 (-----) Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf). IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd rather say no). Thanks, Stefano From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:48:51 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#7656: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes. Resent-From: Ralf Wildenhues Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-automake@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7656 X-GNU-PR-Package: automake X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Stefano Lattarini Cc: 7656@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 7656-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7656.129256522727866 (code B ref 7656); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:54:01 +0000 Received: (at 7656) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2010 05:53:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTTGE-0007FN-RR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:53:47 -0500 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23] helo=mail.gmx.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTTGC-0007FB-Rj for 7656@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:53:45 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 17 Dec 2010 06:00:04 -0000 Received: from xdsl-89-0-151-162.netcologne.de (EHLO localhost.localdomain) [89.0.151.162] by mail.gmx.net (mp017) with SMTP; 17 Dec 2010 07:00:04 +0100 X-Authenticated: #13673931 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/25cF+kwr2bQ5xwkd7HtxE3qLv2C8Z4gIyPDVo5a gCphVb4//XZhOI Received: from ralf by localhost.localdomain with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTTMJ-0000lr-K1; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:00:03 +0100 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:00:03 +0100 From: Ralf Wildenhues Message-ID: <20101217060003.GB2910@gmx.de> References: <201012162251.16187.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201012162251.16187.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Organization: Institute for Numerical Simulation, University of Bonn User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-08-04) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:51:15PM CET: > Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake > builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf). > > IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd > rather say no). This one is less easy than the other one, but again the question to be answered is: is it completely and totally impossible that a developer has a decent use case for something you would like to forbid? If no, then why forbid it? Thanks, Ralf From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:48:51 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#7656: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes. Resent-From: Stefano Lattarini Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-automake@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7656 X-GNU-PR-Package: automake X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Ralf Wildenhues Cc: 7656@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 7656-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7656.129258437726417 (code B ref 7656); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:13:02 +0000 Received: (at 7656) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2010 11:12:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTYF6-0006s2-LH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:12:56 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f172.google.com ([74.125.82.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTYF4-0006rf-0p for 7656@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:12:54 -0500 Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so522135wyf.3 for <7656@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:19:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=6iJTR0qAWJ67T78sbqcanxrEK0AXUjDylSf50IixjlM=; b=kgm2EZT+R+Uo5X/cxP/WttPM2jRfImKmubz99TWDqKcc3d2k3e2e9V0lFGbqKTUYF6 ErUAv7bDl2fhiIESTt8mA38QoDIGKwOqx4CZpXEqEczsbTdJpcL4ptgwu4KSxma4o+f4 tobbhHcT4FifHPHRKFYZMz/I2rmd4RivsXXhc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=fXQetv8+C9Lh9OiIChjapmtiXjWJ495uzuogku4kCtpxU9AzQ8qwkYUdwSRGiGbJM2 CDk5x3x9hbplzAFkgSlA507YXyXin2pWPDIP/dyvv2drHydfKJOtV0z26T9Y/Wiciygm BwScnsmyuo+AwGeZFPozyCBKAmq5uyUSw+GfA= Received: by 10.227.135.201 with SMTP id o9mr457428wbt.34.1292584754651; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:19:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from bigio.localnet (host11-8-dynamic.13-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it [87.13.8.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f35sm133051wbf.20.2010.12.17.03.19.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:19:13 -0800 (PST) From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:19:03 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.30-2-686; KDE/4.4.4; i686; ; ) References: <201012162251.16187.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> <20101217060003.GB2910@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <20101217060003.GB2910@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201012171219.04287.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -3.6 (---) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.6 (---) On Friday 17 December 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:51:15PM CET: > > Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake > > builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf). > > > > IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd > > rather say no). > > This one is less easy than the other one, but again the question to > be answered is: is it completely and totally impossible that a developer > has a decent use case for something you would like to forbid? If no, > then why forbid it? > Note that we won't really forbid it, we'll just require the developer to be more explicit/verbose about what he's doing if that's a thing that "smells fishy" to automake; for example, automake will be required to error out on this: doc_MANS = foo.1 but not on this: my_mandir = $(docdir) # we want manpages installed in $(docdir) because ... my_man_MANS = foo.1 And note that the current automake already behaves this way with other primaries such as `PROGRAMS', so that: lib_PROGRAMS = foo gives an error, but: foodir = $(libdir) foo_PROGRAMS = foo does not. This is by design, and it's a good design IMHO. 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[87.2.95.169]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z47sm5290889eeh.9.2012.02.02.12.11.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:11:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F2AEDEB.5020708@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:23 +0100 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Samuel Thibault Subject: Re: my_man_MANS does not work Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 10695@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) severity 7656 minor severity 10695 minor merge 10695 7656 thanks Hi Samuel, thanks for the report. Samuel Thibault wrote on Thu, 2 Feb 2012: > > $ cat configure.ac > AC_INIT([FOO],1.0.0) > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign]) > AC_OUTPUT([Makefile]) > > $ cat Makefile.am > my_mandir = $(docdir) > my_man_MANS = foo.1 > > But the foo.1 manpage does not get installed: > > $ autoreconf -vfi && ./configure && make install > ... > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. > Yep, long-standing (and annoying) issue. See also: I'm merging your report with the old one. I hope I'll be able to take a better look at this issue before the next release... Thanks, Stefano