Re: thanks and rant

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Dr. Johannes Zellner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a big thanks for including the depth patch into gnuplot.
> 
> But:
> 
> in trm/post.trm there's a really ugly hardcoded path:
> 
> #ifndef GNUPLOT_PS_DIR
> #define GNUPLOT_PS_DIR "/usr/local/share/gnuplot/4.1/PostScript"
> #endif

But that definition is only if GNUPLOT_PS_DIR is not defined, which should probably have been done through the ./configure process.  (Although, maybe just complaining that GNUPLOT_PS_DIR is not defined would be just as good.)  Something may have gone wrong with your build.


> this fails when installing gnuplot to any another prefix than /usr/local.

Did you use the installation process?  Or build and then move the executable somewhere?


> 
> and in config.h:
> 
> /* Directory for PostScript prolog and associated files */
> #define GNUPLOT_PS_DIR "${prefix}/share/gnuplot/4.1/PostScript"
> 
> 
> apparently, prefix should have been expanded there.

Or perhaps--as I'm assuming you are using ./prepare prior to ./configure because you must have gotten the latest CVS if you are using the depth patch--it is a problem in your "configure" file.  What are your "ac_default_prefix", "exec_prefix", "prefix" and "program_prefix" defined as?

Dan