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| -rw-r--r-- | buildtools/README.pkg | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | buildtools/installnetpbm.pl | 14 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/buildtools/README.pkg b/buildtools/README.pkg index b2a6b0ef..e544cbb7 100644 --- a/buildtools/README.pkg +++ b/buildtools/README.pkg @@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ The parts to be installed are: that is in the default search path of your compiler. Typical directories for this are /usr/include and /usr/local/include. + All of the files are meant to be named like <netpbm/xxx.h> for C + #include purposes, which means on an ordinary system, they are + installed in a directory named "netpbm". Thus, they are organized + this way in the package. BUT: until Netpbm 10.41 (December 2007), + they were packaged for, and customarily used, just as <xxx.h>. + Therefore, for backward compatibility, it is a good idea to make + symbolic links from the parent directory into the netpbm/ + directory. But as that may pollute your namespace, you may prefer + just to make all users migrate to the <netpbm/xxx.h> form. + Data Files These are files that you can use for various purposes as input to diff --git a/buildtools/installnetpbm.pl b/buildtools/installnetpbm.pl index f6ab7ca0..25376ec3 100755 --- a/buildtools/installnetpbm.pl +++ b/buildtools/installnetpbm.pl @@ -554,7 +554,19 @@ sub installHeader($$$) { "failed.\n"); print("cp exit code is $rc\n"); } else { - print("done.\n"); + # Install symbolic links for backward compatibility (because the + # netpbm/ subdirectory wasn't used before Netpbm 10.41 (December + # 2007). + + my $rc = system("cd $hdrDir; ln -s netpbm/* ."); + + if ($rc != 0) { + print("Failed to create backward compatibilty symlinks from " . + "$hdrDir into $hdrDir/netpbm\n"); + print("ln exit code is $rc\n"); + } else { + print("done.\n"); + } } $$includedirR = $hdrDir; } |