[PATCH RESEND xserver 3/6] Xorg binary: use install-exec-hook rather than install-exec-local

Eric Anholt eric at anholt.net
Sat Sep 28 00:40:27 PDT 2013


Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> writes:

> The former was explicitly designed to execute additional code after the binary
> has been installed. The latter can be executed in any order, hence it's
> current dependency on install-binPROGRAMS as a workaround.
>
> The CYGWIN libXorg.exe.a target is an installation target rather than
> a post-installation one, so it should not be done as a hook. It does not depend
> on the Xorg executable being installed.
>
> Automake:
> "These hooks are run after all other install rules of the appropriate type,
> exec or data, have completed. So, for instance, it is possible to perform
> post-installation modifications using an install hook".
>
> "With the -local targets, there is no particular guarantee of execution order;
> typically, they are run early, but with parallel make, there is no way
> to be sure of that".

Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
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