[Libvir] How to stop 'make install' clobbering /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
Currently 'make install' clobbers configuration files, in particular /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf. It shouldn't. Does anyone know how to persuade automake to stop it from doing this? As far as I can see the only way would be to write a custom install rule. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top
"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
Currently 'make install' clobbers configuration files, in particular /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf. It shouldn't.
Does anyone know how to persuade automake to stop it from doing this? As far as I can see the only way would be to write a custom install rule.
IMHO, the default "make install" behavior (clobber any target) is the right approach. Doing anything else starts to implement policy. Policy belongs more in the domain of the distribution, packaging, and higher-level tools like yum, etc.
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