Transformation Rules

Here is how to use the variable program_transform_name in a `Makefile.in':

transform=@program_transform_name@
install: all
        $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) myprog $(bindir)/`echo myprog|sed '$(transform)'`

uninstall:
        rm -f $(bindir)/`echo myprog|sed '$(transform)'`

If you have more than one program to install, you can do it in a loop:

PROGRAMS=cp ls rm
install:
        for p in $(PROGRAMS); do \
          $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$p $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`; \
        done

uninstall:
        for p in $(PROGRAMS); do \
          rm -f $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`; \
        done

Whether to do the transformations on documentation files (Texinfo or man) is a tricky question; there seems to be no perfect answer, due to the several reasons for name transforming. Documentation is not usually particular to a specific architecture, and Texinfo files do not conflict with system documentation. But they might conflict with earlier versions of the same files, and man pages sometimes do conflict with system documentation. As a compromise, it is probably best to do name transformations on man pages but not on Texinfo manuals.

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