Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] New tool: virt-edit

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:45:16AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:39:40AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > + > > +EXTRA_DIST = \ > > + run-edit-locally \ > > + virt-edit.pl > > + > > +if HAVE_EDIT > > + > > +man_MANS = virt-edit.1 > > + > > +noinst_DATA = @top_builddir(a)/html/virt-edit.1.html > > + > > +virt-edit.1: virt-edit.pl > > + $(POD2MAN) \ > > + --section 1 \ > > + -c "Virtualization Support" \ > > + --release "$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \ > > + $< > $@ > > + > > +@top_builddir(a)/html/virt-edit.1.html: virt-edit.pl > > + mkdir -p @top_builddir@/html > > + cd @top_builddir@ && pod2html \ > > + --css 'pod.css' \ > > + --title 'virt-edit, edit a file in a virtual machine' \ > > + --htmldir html \ > > + --outfile html/virt-edit.1.html \ > > + edit/$< > > + > > +install-data-hook: > > + mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) > > + install -m 0755 virt-edit.pl $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/virt-edit > > If you name the file in GIT 'virt-edit' instead of 'virt-edit.pl' > you can just use the regular automake rules since you won't need to > be re-naming it upon install.. > > bin_SCRIPTS = virt-edit > > and thus not have to write install + uninstall hooks. The was some reason why we called the tools virt-foo.pl, but I can't honestly recall it now. Perhaps something to do with having the editor recognize that it's a Perl file, but I should think any editor worth its salt should be able to do that ...