Autotools plugin should support installing via prefix instead of DESTDIR
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Closed without implementation. Lacking comments or resolution, the request to add prefix-based installation support to the autotools plugin was abandoned.
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Currently the autotools plugin uses an empty prefix with configuring, and called `make install` with DESTDIR in order to place the files into the .snap. However, not every piece of software will work with this. Some (e.g. PHP7) only work if configured to install into the .snap via the prefix and then simply installed without DESTDIR. The autotools plugin should support this via a config option.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. Lacking comments or resolution, the request to add prefix-based installation support to the autotools plugin was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The autotools plugin feature request to support prefix-based installation instead of DESTDIR was closed without implementation. Zero comments and inactivity indicate the request was abandoned or rejected. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The autotools plugin was not updated to support prefix-based installation, leaving the DESTDIR approach unchanged. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #351 Autotools plugin: Support installing via prefix. | snapcraft | merged | Merged an autotools plugin update adding a config option to install via prefix instead of DESTDIR, resolving Launchpad bug #1544629. The implementation modifies two files with 120 additions and 7 deletions. | |
| #1544630 CMake plugin should support installing via prefix instead of DESTDIR | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without implementation, likely abandoned. The CMake plugin was never updated to support prefix-based installs via a configuration option. | |
| #346 CMake plugin: Support installing via prefix. | snapcraft | closed | Closed without merging. The author realized the changes were applied to the wrong plugin and determined CMake did not require them. The pull request was abandoned, though a later comment notes the underlying installation issue persists. | |
| #536 Always set prefix in the autotools plugin | snapcraft | closed | Closed as rejected. Always setting the autotools prefix would break existing projects by hardcoding paths. Maintainers declined the merge to preserve builder compatibility, suggesting a new install-via enum instead. | |
| #352 Backport to 1.x: Autotools plugin: Support installing via prefix. | snapcraft | merged | Merged to 1.x, backporting PR #351 to allow the Autotools plugin to install via a custom prefix. Changes span two files with 120 additions and 7 deletions. |