Not really? The bigger issue here is that the "./configure" is not re-locatable. So, no workflow like "mkdir xymon-build; cd xymon-build; ../xymon-code/configure; ..." This means that you really ought to "svn export" your check-in into your working directory. Release tarballs already do this. The better fix is to get autotools to define $(INSTALL) program (or just skip it and use "install" command) and refactor the individual targets to do this instead of "cp -fr" and "chmod/chown". This example bypasses checks for PKGBUILD, which could in turn be implemented as a conditional unset of $(INSTALL_ARGS) ifndef PKGBUILD. Example: Index: web/Makefile =================================================================== --- web/Makefile (revision 7314) +++ web/Makefile (working copy) @@ -272,28 +272,21 @@ install: install-bin install-cgi install-man install-bin: +INSTALL_ARGS = "" ifndef PKGBUILD - chown $(XYMONUSER) $(PROGRAMS) - chgrp `$(IDTOOL) -g $(XYMONUSER)` $(PROGRAMS) - chmod 755 $(PROGRAMS) +INSTALL_ARGS = "-m 755 -o $(XYMONUSER) -g $(XYMONUSER)" endif - cp -fp $(PROGRAMS) $(INSTALLROOT)$(INSTALLBINDIR)/ + install $(INSTALL_ARGS) + $(PROGRAMS) $(INSTALLROOT)$(INSTALLBINDIR)/ + Your other option is to replace "cp -fr" and "chmod/chown" invocation with invocations of "install". On 2013-11-02 12:52, Steve Coile wrote:

Downloaded _xymon-4.3.12.tar.gz_, unpacked it, checked it in to SVN, _./configure_, _make_, _make install_, tried to check-in resulting installation, found copies of _.svn_ directories from the source tree under the installed _server/www/help/manpages_. This strikes me as a bug, no?

-- Steve Coile Senior Network and Systems Engineer, McClatchy Interactive [2] Office: 919-861-1247 | Mobile: 919-622-5369 | Fax: 919-861-1300

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