I've just done so in the ROOT svn trunk. I've also updated the G4-vmc
Makefile (can you check if it works ok).
Cheers, Fons.
Ivana Hrivnacova wrote:
>
> ]Dear Rafal,
>
> I think that the only consistent solution
> is what you proposed as solution2:
> to get etc directory via root-config.
> Fons, is it possible to implement
> this option in root-config?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ivana
>
> Rafal Lalik wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am little bit confused about Makefile for Geant4-VMC (and also other
>> Geants as i remember). Lets quote something:
>>
>> --- CUT HERE ---
>>
>> ifeq ($(ROOTSYS),)
>> ROOT_INCDIR = $(shell root-config --incdir)
>> ROOT_BINDIR = $(shell root-config --prefix)/bin
>> ROOT_ETCDIR = $(shell root-config --prefix)/etc/vmc
>> else
>> ROOT_INCDIR = $(ROOTSYS)/include
>> ROOT_BINDIR = $(ROOTSYS)/bin
>> ROOT_ETCDIR = $(ROOTSYS)/etc/vmc
>> endif
>>
>> include $(ROOT_ETCDIR)/Makefile.$(PLATFORM)
>>
>>
>> --- END of CUT HERE ---
>>
>> This part show us how ROOT_*DIR are prepared.
>>
>> Lets look also to ./configure script for root:
>>
>> --- CUT HERE ---
>>
>> ./configure --help
>> `configure' configures ROOT 5.18/00d to adapt to many kind of systems.
>>
>> Usage: ./configure [architecture] [flag=value]
>>
>> The architecture to build for will be guessed from the output of 'uname'.
>> If, however, that fails, or you don't want the 'native' compiler on the
>> host platform, you can specify the architecture to use by passing as the
>> FIRST argument one of the architecures given at the end of this message.
>>
>> FLAG DESCRIPTION DEFAULT
>> --aclocaldir Autoconf macro install dir(<prefix>/share/aclocal)
>> --bindir Binary installation dir (<prefix>/bin)
>> --build Build configuration [debug, exceptions, ...],
>> overrides the ROOTBUILD shell variable
>> --cintincdir CINT interpeted headers (<libdir>/cint)
>> --datadir Data installation dir (<prefix>/share/root)
>> --docdir Documentation (<prefix>/share/doc/root)
>> --elispdir Where to put Emacs Lisp
>> (<prefix>/share/emacs/site-lisp)
>> --etcdir Config installation dir (/etc/root)
>> --fontdir Font installation dir (<datadir>/fonts)
>> --iconpath Icon installation dir (<datadir>/icons)
>> --incdir Header installation dir (<prefix>/include/root)
>> --libdir Library installation dir (<prefix>/lib/root)
>> --macrodir Macro installation dir (<datadir>/macros)
>> --mandir Manpages installation dir (<prefix>/share/man/man1)
>> --no-create Do not create output files, dry run
>> --prefix Installation prefix (/usr/local)
>> --srcdir Sources installation dir (<datadir>/src)
>> --testdir Tests (<docdir>/test)
>> --tutdir Tutorials (<docdir>/tutorial)
>>
>> If any of the flags --cintincdir, --datadir, --docdir, --etcdir,
>> --iconpath
>> --incdir, --libdir, --macrodir, --mandir, or --prefix is given,
>> ROOT will be compiled with static directory names, and you should not set
>> the ROOTSYS environment variable.
>>
>> --- END of CUT HERE ---
>>
>>
>> This part: --etcdir Config installation dir (/etc/root)
>> shows that default --etcdir is without prefix and variable --prefix will
>> have
>> affect to all variables excluding etcdir.
>>
>> But your Makefile for Geant4, for case where $ROOTSYS is not set, include
>> this prefix:
>> ROOT_ETCDIR = $(shell root-config --prefix)/etc/vmc
>> Whatmore, even if --prefix=/ for ROOT, then this path is wrong:
>> /etc/vmc instead of /etc/root/vmc
>>
>> This is a little bit confusing for me, and i see two solutions for this:
>> 1. Small patch for Makefile:
>> --- CUT HERE ---
>> --- Makefile.old 2008-07-24 00:22:00.000000000 +0200
>> +++ Makefile 2008-07-24 00:22:19.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>> ifeq ($(ROOTSYS),)
>> ROOT_INCDIR = $(shell root-config --incdir)
>> ROOT_BINDIR = $(shell root-config --prefix)/bin
>> -ROOT_ETCDIR = $(shell root-config --prefix)/etc/vmc
>> +ROOT_ETCDIR = /etc/root/vmc
>> else
>> ROOT_INCDIR = $(ROOTSYS)/include
>> ROOT_BINDIR = $(ROOTSYS)/bin
>> --- END of CUT HERE ---
>> But it is not good solutions still. What if I use --etcdir variable for
>> ROOT?
>>
>> 2. Ask guys from ROOT to add options --etcdir for root-config to get this
>> value. Maybe I should forward this e-mail to them?
>> I have prepeared patches for root-config which include this features.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rafal Lalik
>>
>>
>> PS. https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?39259 Lets look what ROOT developers
>> say about this.
>>
>> --Rafal Lalik
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