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File: make.info,  Node: Directory Variables,  Prev: Command Variables,  Up: Makefile Conventions
Variables for Installation Directories
======================================
   Installation directories should always be named by variables, so it
is easy to install in a nonstandard place.  The standard names for these
variables are as follows.
   These two variables set the root for the installation.  All the other
installation directories should be subdirectories of one of these two,
and nothing should be directly installed into these two directories.
`prefix'
     A prefix used in constructing the default values of the variables
     listed below.  The default value of `prefix' should be `/usr/local'
     (at least for now).
`exec_prefix'
     A prefix used in constructing the default values of some of the
     variables listed below.  The default value of `exec_prefix' should
     be `$(prefix)'.
     Generally, `$(exec_prefix)' is used for directories that contain
     machine-specific files (such as executables and subroutine
     libraries), while `$(prefix)' is used directly for other
     directories.
   Executable programs are installed in one of the following
directories.
`bindir'
     The directory for installing executable programs that users can
     run.  This should normally be `/usr/local/bin', but write it as
     `$(exec_prefix)/bin'.
`sbindir'
     The directory for installing executable programs that can be run
     from the shell, but are only generally useful to system
     administrators.  This should normally be `/usr/local/sbin', but
     write it as `$(exec_prefix)/sbin'.
`libexecdir'
     The directory for installing executable programs to be run by other
     programs rather than by users.  This directory should normally be
     `/usr/local/libexec', but write it as `$(exec_prefix)/libexec'.
   Data files used by the program during its execution are divided into
categories in two ways.
   * Some files are normally modified by programs; others are never
     normally modified (though users may edit some of these).
   * Some files are architecture-independent and can be shared by all
     machines at a site; some are architecture-dependent and can be
     shared only by machines of the same kind and operating system;
     others may never be shared between two machines.
   This makes for six different possibilities.  However, we want to
discourage the use of architecture-dependent files, aside from of object
files and libraries.  It is much cleaner to make other data files
architecture-independent, and it is generally not hard.
   Therefore, here are the variables makefiles should use to specify
directories:
`datadir'
     The directory for installing read-only architecture independent
     data files.  This should normally be `/usr/local/share', but write
     it as `$(prefix)/share'.  As a special exception, see `$(infodir)'
     and `$(includedir)' below.
`sysconfdir'
     The directory for installing read-only data files that pertain to a
     single machine-that is to say, files for configuring a host.
     Mailer and network configuration files, `/etc/passwd', and so
     forth belong here.  All the files in this directory should be
     ordinary ASCII text files.  This directory should normally be
     `/usr/local/etc', but write it as `$(prefix)/etc'.
     Do not install executables in this directory (they probably belong
     in `$(libexecdir)' or `$(sbindir))'.  Also do not install files
     that are modified in the normal course of their use (programs
     whose purpose is to change the configuration of the system
     excluded).  Those probably belong in `$(localstatedir)'.
`sharedstatedir'
     The directory for installing architecture-independent data files
     which the programs modify while they run.  This should normally be
     `/usr/local/com', but write it as `$(prefix)/com'.
`localstatedir'
     The directory for installing data files which the programs modify
     while they run, and that pertain to one specific machine.  Users
     should never need to modify files in this directory to configure
     the package's operation; put such configuration information in
     separate files that go in `datadir' or `$(sysconfdir)'.
     `$(localstatedir)' should normally be `/usr/local/var', but write
     it as `$(prefix)/var'.
`libdir'
     The directory for object files and libraries of object code.  Do
     not install executables here, they probably belong in
     `$(libexecdir)' instead.  The value of `libdir' should normally be
     `/usr/local/lib', but write it as `$(exec_prefix)/lib'.
`infodir'
     The directory for installing the Info files for this package.  By
     default, it should be `/usr/local/info', but it should be written
     as `$(prefix)/info'.
`includedir'
     The directory for installing header files to be included by user
     programs with the C `#include' preprocessor directive.  This
     should normally be `/usr/local/include', but write it as
     `$(prefix)/include'.
     Most compilers other than GCC do not look for header files in
     `/usr/local/include'.  So installing the header files this way is
     only useful with GCC.  Sometimes this is not a problem because some
     libraries are only really intended to work with GCC.  But some
     libraries are intended to work with other compilers.  They should
     install their header files in two places, one specified by
     `includedir' and one specified by `oldincludedir'.
`oldincludedir'
     The directory for installing `#include' header files for use with
     compilers other than GCC.  This should normally be `/usr/include'.
     The Makefile commands should check whether the value of
     `oldincludedir' is empty.  If it is, they should not try to use
     it; they should cancel the second installation of the header files.
     A package should not replace an existing header in this directory
     unless the header came from the same package.  Thus, if your Foo
     package provides a header file `foo.h', then it should install the
     header file in the `oldincludedir' directory if either (1) there
     is no `foo.h' there or (2) the `foo.h' that exists came from the
     Foo package.
     To tell whether `foo.h' came from the Foo package, put a magic
     string in the file--part of a comment--and grep for that string.
   Unix-style man pages are installed in one of the following:
`mandir'
     The directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this
     package.  It should include the suffix for the proper section of
     the manual--usually `1' for a utility.  It will normally be
     `/usr/local/man/man1', but you should write it as
     `$(prefix)/man/man1'.
`man1dir'
     The directory for installing section 1 man pages.
`man2dir'
     The directory for installing section 2 man pages.
`...'
     Use these names instead of `mandir' if the package needs to
     install man pages in more than one section of the manual.
     *Don't make the primary documentation for any GNU software be a
     man page.  Write a manual in Texinfo instead.  Man pages are just
     for the sake of people running GNU software on Unix, which is a
     secondary application only.*
`manext'
     The file name extension for the installed man page.  This should
     contain a period followed by the appropriate digit; it should
     normally be `.1'.
`man1ext'
     The file name extension for installed section 1 man pages.
`man2ext'
     The file name extension for installed section 2 man pages.
`...'
     Use these names instead of `manext' if the package needs to
     install man pages in more than one section of the manual.
   And finally, you should set the following variable:
`srcdir'
     The directory for the sources being compiled.  The value of this
     variable is normally inserted by the `configure' shell script.
   For example:
     # Common prefix for installation directories.
     # NOTE: This directory must exist when you start the install.
     prefix = /usr/local
     exec_prefix = $(prefix)
     # Where to put the executable for the command `gcc'.
     bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
     # Where to put the directories used by the compiler.
     libexecdir = $(exec_prefix)/libexec
     # Where to put the Info files.
     infodir = $(prefix)/info
   If your program installs a large number of files into one of the
standard user-specified directories, it might be useful to group them
into a subdirectory particular to that program.  If you do this, you
should write the `install' rule to create these subdirectories.
   Do not expect the user to include the subdirectory name in the value
of any of the variables listed above.  The idea of having a uniform set
of variable names for installation directories is to enable the user to
specify the exact same values for several different GNU packages.  In
order for this to be useful, all the packages must be designed so that
they will work sensibly when the user does so.
File: make.info,  Node: Quick Reference,  Next: Complex Makefile,  Prev: Makefile Conventions,  Up: Top
Quick Reference
***************
   This appendix summarizes the directives, text manipulation functions,
and special variables which GNU `make' understands.  *Note Special
Targets::, *Note Catalogue of Implicit Rules: Catalogue of Rules, and
*Note Summary of Options: Options Summary, for other summaries.
   Here is a summary of the directives GNU `make' recognizes:
`define VARIABLE'
`endef'
     Define a multi-line, recursively-expanded variable.
     *Note Sequences::.
`ifdef VARIABLE'
`ifndef VARIABLE'
`ifeq (A,B)'
`ifeq "A" "B"'
`ifeq 'A' 'B''
`ifneq (A,B)'
`ifneq "A" "B"'
`ifneq 'A' 'B''
`else'
`endif'
     Conditionally evaluate part of the makefile.
     *Note Conditionals::.
`include FILE'
     Include another makefile.
     *Note Including Other Makefiles: Include.
`override VARIABLE = VALUE'
`override VARIABLE := VALUE'
`override VARIABLE += VALUE'
`override define VARIABLE'
`endef'
     Define a variable, overriding any previous definition, even one
     from the command line.
     *Note The `override' Directive: Override Directive.
`export'
     Tell `make' to export all variables to child processes by default.
     *Note Communicating Variables to a Sub-`make': Variables/Recursion.
`export VARIABLE'
`export VARIABLE = VALUE'
`export VARIABLE := VALUE'
`export VARIABLE += VALUE'
`unexport VARIABLE'
     Tell `make' whether or not to export a particular variable to child
     processes.
     *Note Communicating Variables to a Sub-`make': Variables/Recursion.
`vpath PATTERN PATH'
     Specify a search path for files matching a `%' pattern.
     *Note The `vpath' Directive: Selective Search.
`vpath PATTERN'
     Remove all search paths previously specified for PATTERN.
`vpath'
     Remove all search paths previously specified in any `vpath'
     directive.
   Here is a summary of the text manipulation functions (*note
Functions::.):
`$(subst FROM,TO,TEXT)'
     Replace FROM with TO in TEXT.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(patsubst PATTERN,REPLACEMENT,TEXT)'
     Replace words matching PATTERN with REPLACEMENT in TEXT.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(strip STRING)'
     Remove excess whitespace characters from STRING.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(findstring FIND,TEXT)'
     Locate FIND in TEXT.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(filter PATTERN...,TEXT)'
     Select words in TEXT that match one of the PATTERN words.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(filter-out PATTERN...,TEXT)'
     Select words in TEXT that *do not* match any of the PATTERN words.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(sort LIST)'
     Sort the words in LIST lexicographically, removing duplicates.
     *Note Functions for String Substitution and Analysis: Text
     Functions.
`$(dir NAMES...)'
     Extract the directory part of each file name.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(notdir NAMES...)'
     Extract the non-directory part of each file name.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(suffix NAMES...)'
     Extract the suffix (the last `.' and following characters) of each
     file name.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(basename NAMES...)'
     Extract the base name (name without suffix) of each file name.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(addsuffix SUFFIX,NAMES...)'
     Append SUFFIX to each word in NAMES.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(addprefix PREFIX,NAMES...)'
     Prepend PREFIX to each word in NAMES.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(join LIST1,LIST2)'
     Join two parallel lists of words.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(word N,TEXT)'
     Extract the Nth word (one-origin) of TEXT.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(words TEXT)'
     Count the number of words in TEXT.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(firstword NAMES...)'
     Extract the first word of NAMES.
     *Note Functions for File Names: Filename Functions.
`$(wildcard PATTERN...)'
     Find file names matching a shell file name pattern (*not* a `%'
     pattern).
     *Note The Function `wildcard': Wildcard Function.
`$(shell COMMAND)'
     Execute a shell command and return its output.
     *Note The `shell' Function: Shell Function.
`$(origin VARIABLE)'
     Return a string describing how the `make' variable VARIABLE was
     defined.
     *Note The `origin' Function: Origin Function.
`$(foreach VAR,WORDS,TEXT)'
     Evaluate TEXT with VAR bound to each word in WORDS, and
     concatenate the results.
     *Note The `foreach' Function: Foreach Function.
   Here is a summary of the automatic variables.  *Note Automatic
Variables: Automatic, for full information.
     The file name of the target.
     The target member name, when the target is an archive member.
     The name of the first dependency.
     The names of all the dependencies that are newer than the target,
     with spaces between them.  For dependencies which are archive
     members, only the member named is used (*note Archives::.).
     The names of all the dependencies, with spaces between them.  For
     dependencies which are archive members, only the member named is
     used (*note Archives::.).  The value of `$^' omits duplicate
     dependencies, while `$+' retains them and preserves their order.
     The stem with which an implicit rule matches (*note How Patterns
     Match: Pattern Match.).
`$(@D)'
`$(@F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$@'.
`$(*D)'
`$(*F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$*'.
`$(%D)'
`$(%F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$%'.
`$(<D)'
`$(<F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$<'.
`$(^D)'
`$(^F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$^'.
`$(+D)'
`$(+F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$+'.
`$(?D)'
`$(?F)'
     The directory part and the file-within-directory part of `$?'.
   These variables are used specially by GNU `make':
`MAKEFILES'
     Makefiles to be read on every invocation of `make'.
     *Note The Variable `MAKEFILES': MAKEFILES Variable.
`VPATH'
     Directory search path for files not found in the current directory.
     *Note `VPATH' Search Path for All Dependencies: General Search.
`SHELL'
     The name of the system default command interpreter, usually
     `/bin/sh'.  You can set `SHELL' in the makefile to change the
     shell used to run commands.  *Note Command Execution: Execution.
`MAKE'
     The name with which `make' was invoked.  Using this variable in
     commands has special meaning.  *Note How the `MAKE' Variable
     Works: MAKE Variable.
`MAKELEVEL'
     The number of levels of recursion (sub-`make's).
     *Note Variables/Recursion::.
`MAKEFLAGS'
     The flags given to `make'.  You can set this in the environment or
     a makefile to set flags.
     *Note Communicating Options to a Sub-`make': Options/Recursion.
`SUFFIXES'
     The default list of suffixes before `make' reads any makefiles.
File: make.info,  Node: Complex Makefile,  Next: Concept Index,  Prev: Quick Reference,  Up: Top
Complex Makefile Example
************************
   Here is the makefile for the GNU `tar' program.  This is a
moderately complex makefile.
   Because it is the first target, the default goal is `all'.  An
interesting feature of this makefile is that `testpad.h' is a source
file automatically created by the `testpad' program, itself compiled
from `testpad.c'.
   If you type `make' or `make all', then `make' creates the `tar'
executable, the `rmt' daemon that provides remote tape access, and the
`tar.info' Info file.
   If you type `make install', then `make' not only creates `tar',
`rmt', and `tar.info', but also installs them.
   If you type `make clean', then `make' removes the `.o' files, and
the `tar', `rmt', `testpad', `testpad.h', and `core' files.
   If you type `make distclean', then `make' not only removes the same
files as does `make clean' but also the `TAGS', `Makefile', and
`config.status' files.  (Although it is not evident, this makefile (and
`config.status') is generated by the user with the `configure' program,
which is provided in the `tar' distribution, but is not shown here.)
   If you type `make realclean', then `make' removes the same files as
does `make distclean' and also removes the Info files generated from
`tar.texinfo'.
   In addition, there are targets `shar' and `dist' that create
distribution kits.
     # Generated automatically from Makefile.in by configure.
     # Un*x Makefile for GNU tar program.
     # Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     
     # This program is free software; you can redistribute
     # it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
     # General Public License ...
     ...
     ...
     
     SHELL = /bin/sh
     
     #### Start of system configuration section. ####
     
     srcdir = .
     
     # If you use gcc, you should either run the
     # fixincludes script that comes with it or else use
     # gcc with the -traditional option.  Otherwise ioctl
     # calls will be compiled incorrectly on some systems.
     CC = gcc -O
     YACC = bison -y
     INSTALL = /usr/local/bin/install -c
     INSTALLDATA = /usr/local/bin/install -c -m 644
     
     # Things you might add to DEFS:
     # -DSTDC_HEADERS        If you have ANSI C headers and
     #                       libraries.
     # -DPOSIX               If you have POSIX.1 headers and
     #                       libraries.
     # -DBSD42               If you have sys/dir.h (unless
     #                       you use -DPOSIX), sys/file.h,
     #                       and st_blocks in `struct stat'.
     # -DUSG                 If you have System V/ANSI C
     #                       string and memory functions
     #                       and headers, sys/sysmacros.h,
     #                       fcntl.h, getcwd, no valloc,
     #                       and ndir.h (unless
     #                       you use -DDIRENT).
     # -DNO_MEMORY_H         If USG or STDC_HEADERS but do not
     #                       include memory.h.
     # -DDIRENT              If USG and you have dirent.h
     #                       instead of ndir.h.
     # -DSIGTYPE=int         If your signal handlers
     #                       return int, not void.
     # -DNO_MTIO             If you lack sys/mtio.h
     #                       (magtape ioctls).
     # -DNO_REMOTE           If you do not have a remote shell
     #                       or rexec.
     # -DUSE_REXEC           To use rexec for remote tape
     #                       operations instead of
     #                       forking rsh or remsh.
     # -DVPRINTF_MISSING     If you lack vprintf function
     #                       (but have _doprnt).
     # -DDOPRNT_MISSING      If you lack _doprnt function.
     #                       Also need to define
     #                       -DVPRINTF_MISSING.
     # -DFTIME_MISSING       If you lack ftime system call.
     # -DSTRSTR_MISSING      If you lack strstr function.
     # -DVALLOC_MISSING      If you lack valloc function.
     # -DMKDIR_MISSING       If you lack mkdir and
     #                       rmdir system calls.
     # -DRENAME_MISSING      If you lack rename system call.
     # -DFTRUNCATE_MISSING   If you lack ftruncate
     #                       system call.
     # -DV7                  On Version 7 Unix (not
     #                       tested in a long time).
     # -DEMUL_OPEN3          If you lack a 3-argument version
     #                       of open, and want to emulate it
     #                       with system calls you do have.
     # -DNO_OPEN3            If you lack the 3-argument open
     #                       and want to disable the tar -k
     #                       option instead of emulating open.
     # -DXENIX               If you have sys/inode.h
     #                       and need it 94 to be included.
     
     DEFS =  -DSIGTYPE=int -DDIRENT -DSTRSTR_MISSING \
             -DVPRINTF_MISSING -DBSD42
     # Set this to rtapelib.o unless you defined NO_REMOTE,
     # in which case make it empty.
     RTAPELIB = rtapelib.o
     LIBS =
     DEF_AR_FILE = /dev/rmt8
     DEFBLOCKING = 20
     
     CDEBUG = -g
     CFLAGS = $(CDEBUG) -I. -I$(srcdir) $(DEFS) \
             -DDEF_AR_FILE=\"$(DEF_AR_FILE)\" \
             -DDEFBLOCKING=$(DEFBLOCKING)
     LDFLAGS = -g
     
     prefix = /usr/local
     # Prefix for each installed program,
     # normally empty or `g'.
     binprefix =
     
     # The directory to install tar in.
     bindir = $(prefix)/bin
     
     # The directory to install the info files in.
     infodir = $(prefix)/info
     
     #### End of system configuration section. ####
     
     SRC1 =  tar.c create.c extract.c buffer.c \
             getoldopt.c update.c gnu.c mangle.c
     SRC2 =  version.c list.c names.c diffarch.c \
             port.c wildmat.c getopt.c
     SRC3 =  getopt1.c regex.c getdate.y
     SRCS =  $(SRC1) $(SRC2) $(SRC3)
     OBJ1 =  tar.o create.o extract.o buffer.o \
             getoldopt.o update.o gnu.o mangle.o
     OBJ2 =  version.o list.o names.o diffarch.o \
             port.o wildmat.o getopt.o
     OBJ3 =  getopt1.o regex.o getdate.o $(RTAPELIB)
     OBJS =  $(OBJ1) $(OBJ2) $(OBJ3)
     AUX =   README COPYING ChangeLog Makefile.in  \
             makefile.pc configure configure.in \
             tar.texinfo tar.info* texinfo.tex \
             tar.h port.h open3.h getopt.h regex.h \
             rmt.h rmt.c rtapelib.c alloca.c \
             msd_dir.h msd_dir.c tcexparg.c \
             level-0 level-1 backup-specs testpad.c
     
     all:    tar rmt tar.info
     
     tar:    $(OBJS)
             $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
     
     rmt:    rmt.c
             $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ rmt.c
     
     tar.info: tar.texinfo
             makeinfo tar.texinfo
     
     install: all
             $(INSTALL) tar $(bindir)/$(binprefix)tar
             -test ! -f rmt || $(INSTALL) rmt /etc/rmt
             $(INSTALLDATA) $(srcdir)/tar.info* $(infodir)
     
     $(OBJS): tar.h port.h testpad.h
     regex.o buffer.o tar.o: regex.h
     # getdate.y has 8 shift/reduce conflicts.
     
     testpad.h: testpad
             ./testpad
     
     testpad: testpad.o
             $(CC) -o $@ testpad.o
     
     TAGS:   $(SRCS)
             etags $(SRCS)
     
     clean:
             rm -f *.o tar rmt testpad testpad.h core
     
     distclean: clean
             rm -f TAGS Makefile config.status
     
     realclean: distclean
             rm -f tar.info*
     
     shar: $(SRCS) $(AUX)
             shar $(SRCS) $(AUX) | compress \
               > tar-`sed -e '/version_string/!d' \
                          -e 's/[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/' \
                          -e q
                          version.c`.shar.Z
     
     dist: $(SRCS) $(AUX)
             echo tar-`sed \
                  -e '/version_string/!d' \
                  -e 's/[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/' \
                  -e q
                  version.c` > .fname
             -rm -rf `cat .fname`
             mkdir `cat .fname`
             ln $(SRCS) $(AUX) `cat .fname`
             -rm -rf `cat .fname` .fname
             tar chZf `cat .fname`.tar.Z `cat .fname`
     
     tar.zoo: $(SRCS) $(AUX)
             -rm -rf tmp.dir
             -mkdir tmp.dir
             -rm tar.zoo
             for X in $(SRCS) $(AUX) ; do \
                 echo $$X ; \
                 sed 's/$$/^M/' $$X \
                 > tmp.dir/$$X ; done
             cd tmp.dir ; zoo aM ../tar.zoo *
             -rm -rf tmp.dir