I use the hammer approach. :) I use a master build script and options. Here is how I ensure all of my TDE build scripts know where to find files. This function could be trimmed if I no longer built KDE3 packages. set_config_options () { VERSION_FILE="/etc/slackware-version" if [ -r $VERSION_FILE ]; then RELEASE_VERSION="`cat $VERSION_FILE | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d '.' -f1`" if [ -z $RELEASE_VERSION ]; then echo "Unable to determine the major release number from $VERSION_FILE. Please correct this problem." echo exit 1 fi else echo "$VERSION_FILE does not exist or is not readable. Please correct this problem." echo exit 1 fi export RELEASE_VERSION if [ $RELEASE_VERSION -ge 13 ] && [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" = "3.5.10" ]; then if [ "$CONFIG_ASK" = "false" ]; then PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/opt/kde3} SYSCONFDIR=${SYSCONFDIR:-/etc/kde3} LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}} MANDIR=${MANDIR:-/opt/kde3/man} else PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr} SYSCONFDIR=${SYSCONFDIR:-/etc/kde3} LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}} MANDIR=${MANDIR:-/usr/man} fi elif [ $RELEASE_VERSION -le 12 ] && [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" = "3.5.10" ]; then PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr} SYSCONFDIR=${SYSCONFDIR:-/etc/kde} LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}} MANDIR=${MANDIR:-/usr/man} else if [ "$CONFIG_ASK" = "false" ]; then PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/opt/trinity} SYSCONFDIR=${SYSCONFDIR:-/etc/trinity} LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}} MANDIR=${MANDIR:-/opt/trinity/man} else PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr} SYSCONFDIR=${SYSCONFDIR:-/etc/trinity} LIBDIR=${LIBDIR:-/usr/lib} MANDIR=${MANDIR:-/usr/man} fi fi export PREFIX SYSCONFDIR LIBDIR MANDIR # Ensure the correct path for QTDIR. if [ -d /opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ]; then QTDIR=/opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c elif [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3-3.3.8.d ]; then QTDIR=/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3-3.3.8.d elif [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ]; then QTDIR=/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c elif [ -d /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ]; then QTDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c elif [ -d /opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ]; then QTDIR=/opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b elif [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ]; then QTDIR=/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b elif [ -d /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ]; then QTDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b elif [ -d /opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 ]; then QTDIR=/opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 elif [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 ]; then QTDIR=/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 elif [ -d /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 ]; then QTDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt3 # This last entry is dangerous: could be a QT4 location! # If qt3 is not yet installed this will be the default, but the qt3 build script # does not need this variable. Only subsequent builds need this variable. elif [ -d /usr/lib/qt ]; then if [ "$QT4DIR" = "/usr/lib/qt" ] || [ -e /usr/lib/qt/q3porting.xml ] || [ -e /usr/lib/qt/bin/generator ]; then QTDIR_WARN="The directory /usr/lib/qt is a QT4 directory." else QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt fi else echo "Can't determine the location of the QT3 lib files." wait_for_response fi export QTDIR if [ -z "`echo $PATH | grep \"${PREFIX}/bin\"`" ]; then PATH="$PREFIX/bin:$PATH" fi if [ -n "$QTDIR" ] && [ -z $QTDIR_WARN ] && [ -z "`echo $PATH | grep \"$QTDIR\"`" ]; then PATH="$QTDIR/bin:$PATH" fi export PATH if [ -n "$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" ]; then # Does the variable already include the QT3 location? if [ -z "`echo $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH | grep \"$QTDIR\"`" ]; then CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH fi else if [ -n "$QTDIR_WARN" ] && [ "$QTDIR" != "$QTDIR_WARN" ]; then CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include fi fi if [ -z $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH ] && [ -n "$QTDIR" ]; then CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include fi if [ "`echo $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH | grep \"$PREFIX\"`" != "" ]; then CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:$PREFIX/include fi if [ -z "`echo $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH | grep \"/usr/include\"`" ]; then if [ -n "$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" ]; then CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:/usr/include else CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include fi fi export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH # tqtinterface include files: if [ -d /usr/include/tqt ]; then TQTDIR=/usr/include/tqt elif [ -d /opt/trinity/include/tqt ]; then TQTDIR=/opt/trinity/include/tqt else if [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" != "3.5.10" ]; then echo "Can't determine the location of the tqt include files." wait_for_response fi fi if [ -n "$TQTDIR" ]; then export TQTDIR export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:$TQTDIR fi # $LIBDIR already contains ${LIBDIRSUFFIX}. if [ -n "$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then # Does the variable already include the QT3 location? if [ -z "$QTDIR_WARN" ] && [ "`echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH | grep \"$LIBDIR\"`" = "" ]; then if [ "`echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH | grep \"$LIBDIR\"`" = "" ]; then PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$LIBDIR/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH fi fi else if [ -n "$LIBDIR" ]; then PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$LIBDIR/pkgconfig fi fi export PKG_CONFIG_PATH if [ -n "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then if [ -d $LIBDIR/kde3 ]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBDIR:$LIBDIR/kde3:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH else export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBDIR:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH fi else if [ -d $LIBDIR/kde3 ]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBDIR:$LIBDIR/kde3 else export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBDIR fi fi # Set the debugging support options. A less verbose cmake option is -g. if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ]; then DEBUG_AUTOTOOL_OPT="--enable-debug=full" DEBUG_CMAKE_OPT="-ggdb" else DEBUG_AUTOTOOL_OPT="--disable-debug" DEBUG_CMAKE_OPT="" fi export DEBUG_CMAKE_OPT export DEBUG_AUTOTOOL_OPT echo "Slackware major release number from $VERSION_FILE: $RELEASE_VERSION" if [ "$TRINITY" = "true" ]; then echo "The following locations will be used to build and install Trinity:" else echo "The following locations will be used to build and install KDE3:" fi echo variable_list # Check the cmake version if [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" != "3.5.10" ] && [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" != "3.5.12" ] && [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" != "3.5.13" ]; then CMAKE_VER="`/bin/ls -1 /var/log/packages/cmake* | sed -e 's:/var/log/packages/cmake-::' -e 's/\.//g' | awk -F '-' '{print $1}'`" if [ "`echo \"$CMAKE_VER < 283\" | bc`" = "1" ] ; then echo "Oops! CMake version 2.8.4 or newer is required." echo "Currently installed: `/bin/ls -1 /var/log/packages/cmake* | sed -e 's:/var/log/packages/::'`" wait_for_response fi fi if [ "$CONFIG_ASK" != "false" ]; then echo "========================================================================" echo "You chose to override the default installation locations. For that to" echo "succeed please ensure various packages such as QT4, all KDE4 packages," echo "etc., are removed or there will be significant conflicts." if [ -n "$QT4DIR" ]; then echo "For example, the \$QT4DIR environment variable exists on this system." echo "\$QT4DIR is set to $QT4DIR." echo "You might want to stop now and investigate." fi echo "========================================================================" echo fi if [ "$QTDIR" = "The directory /usr/lib/qt is a QT4 directory." ]; then echo "QT3 probably is not installed!" echo fi if [ -n "`echo $QTDIR | grep 'qt-3.3.8c'`" ]; then # Verify no 3.3.8b remnants exist. if [ -d /opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ] || [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ] || [ -d /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8b ]; then echo "========================================================================" echo " WARNING" echo "The QTDIR environment variable is defined as $QTDIR." echo "Some 3.3.8b remnants exists. The two paths likely will cause problems." if [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" = "3.5.10" ] || [ "$KDE_RELEASE_VERSION" = "3.5.12" ]; then echo "qt-3.3.8c should be installed only for Trinity builds subsequent" echo "to version 3.5.12." fi echo echo "========================================================================" echo fi elif [ -n "`echo $QTDIR | grep 'qt-3.3.8b'`" ]; then # Verify no 3.3.8c remnants exist. if [ -d /opt/kde3/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ] || [ -d /opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ] || [ -d /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qt-3.3.8c ]; then echo "========================================================================" echo " WARNING" echo "The QTDIR environment variable is defined as $QTDIR." echo "Some 3.3.8c remnants exists. The two paths likely will cause problems." echo echo "========================================================================" echo fi fi get_package_type echo sleep 0.1 wait_for_response echo "========================================================================" } Darrell