cmake-follow "sudo make install" does not produce executable binary
Bugzilla Link | 1188 |
Created on | Jan 16, 2017 20:46 |
Version | svn |
OS | Linux |
Architecture | PC |
Extended Description
See Bug #1184 for background on this. The cmake-follow "sudo make install" script does not update the exectable sac2c (etc.) binary in /usr/local/bin (or wherever it is supposed to be). I consider this to be wrong, because the "standard" method of installing applications is generally something like: ./configure make sudo make install After these steps, you have a working app. The current sac2c approach does not do this. Hence, newcomers to SAC will likely be confused. The current sac2c approach appears to cater, instead, to people doing compiler development under a particular workflow. I recommend that "sudo make install" operate in such a way as to minimize confusion for The Great Unwashed, by ensuring that updated sac2c/sac2c_d,sac2c_r... appear in /usr/local/bin. If developers want some other behavior, e.g., so as to be able to execute back levels of the compiler, then we might have a "sudo make developerinstall" or similar target.