Re: scp and install_files

Scott Harrison <harris41-mhe/[email protected]> 18 Jan 2004 07:22:43 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tools.aap.devel
Organization Michigan State University
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 06:35, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Scott Henry Harrison wrote:
> 
> > Does scp not work with install_files? 
> > 
> >  --begin test.aap--
> > all:
> >  @install_files("scp://[email protected]/tmp","Makefile.in",'0644')
> >                                                                              
> >  --end test.aap-- 
> > 
> > [[email protected] build]$ aap -f test.aap
> > Aap: Creating directory "/usr/local/scp://[email protected]/tmp"
> > Aap: Internal Error 
> You need to put the "scp://" on the first part.  When not using $DESTDIR
> that should be in $PREFIX.  The directory argument of install_files() is
> the directory below the prefix, you can't specify the copy method there.
> 
> PREFIX = scp://[email protected]
> all:
>    @install_files("/tmp","Makefile.in",'0644')

Note that when it is something like:

PREFIX = /
all:
   @install_files("/tmp","Makefile.in",'0644')

and I do

make -f test.aap PREFIX=scp://[email protected]

it installs in (locally)

/scp:/sharrison\@somewhere.cc

Why isn't the command-line PREFIX overriding the *.aap's
PREFIX?

Thanks.

Regards,
Scott

-- 
Scott Harrison <harris41-mhe/[email protected]>
Michigan State University



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