fix install path when DESTDIR is used in make install command line

.github/workflows/mac_mpich.yml

@@ -98,11 +98,25 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -j 8 distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--silent --with-mpi=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/MPICH"
+        - name: make install
+          run: |
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            prefix_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${prefix_path}
+            prefix_path=pnetcdf_install
+            destdir_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst/
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${destdir_path}${prefix_path}
         - name: Cleanup
           if: ${{ always() }}
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -s distclean
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_output
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/MPICH
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst
 

.github/workflows/mac_openmpi.yml

@@ -101,11 +101,25 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -j 8 distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--silent --with-mpi=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/OPENMPI"
+        - name: make install
+          run: |
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            prefix_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${prefix_path}
+            prefix_path=pnetcdf_install
+            destdir_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst/
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${destdir_path}${prefix_path}
         - name: Cleanup
           if: ${{ always() }}
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -s distclean
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_output
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/OPENMPI
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst
 

.github/workflows/ubuntu_mpich.yml

@@ -110,10 +110,25 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -j 8 distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--silent --with-mpi=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/MPICH"
+        - name: make install
+          run: |
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            prefix_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${prefix_path}
+            prefix_path=pnetcdf_install
+            destdir_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst/
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${destdir_path}${prefix_path}
         - name: Cleanup
           if: ${{ always() }}
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -s distclean
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_output
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/MPICH
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst
 

.github/workflows/ubuntu_openmpi.yml

@@ -107,11 +107,25 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -j 8 distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--silent --with-mpi=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/OPENMPI"
+        - name: make install
+          run: |
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            prefix_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${prefix_path}
+            prefix_path=pnetcdf_install
+            destdir_path=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst/
+            echo "---- test make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}"
+            make install prefix=${prefix_path} DESTDIR=${destdir_path}
+            test/tst_install.sh ${destdir_path}${prefix_path}
         - name: Cleanup
           if: ${{ always() }}
           run: |
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
             make -s distclean
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_output
             rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/OPENMPI
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/pnetcdf_install
+            rm -rf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inst
 

Makefile.am

@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ check-local:
 	@echo '|  All sequential test programs have run successfully.'
 	@echo '|'
 
+# Note on DESTDIR. GNU autoconf manual Section 16.4 Installation Names has the
+# following statement. "The second method involves providing the 'DESTDIR'
+# variable. For example, 'make install DESTDIR=/alternate/directory' will
+# prepend '/alternate/directory' before all installation names. The approach of
+# 'DESTDIR' overrides is not required by the GNU Coding Standards, and does not
+# work on platforms that have drive letters. On the other hand, it does better
+# at avoiding recompilation issues, and works well even when some directory
+# options were not specified in terms of '${prefix}' at configure time."
 install-data-hook:
 	@echo '+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+'
 	@echo '|'

configure.ac

@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ echo '' >& AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
 
 dnl Note getting command line should be done before calling AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 dnl as AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE modifies command line $*
-CONFIGURE_ARGS_CLEAN=`echo $* | tr '"' ' '`
+if test "x$ac_configure_args_raw" = x ; then
+   CONFIGURE_ARGS_CLEAN=`echo $* | tr '"' ' '`
+else
+   CONFIGURE_ARGS_CLEAN=$ac_configure_args_raw
+fi
 
 dnl automake version 1.16.5 was released in 2021-10-03
 dnl AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])

examples/C/Makefile.am

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = collective_write \
 
 if INSTALL_EXAMPLES
    example_execbin_PROGRAMS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-   example_execbindir = $(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/C
+   example_execbindir = $(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/C
    example_execbin_SCRIPTS = run_c_examples.sh
 endif
 

examples/CXX/Makefile.am

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = collective_write \
 
 if INSTALL_EXAMPLES
    example_execbin_PROGRAMS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-   example_execbindir = $(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/CXX
+   example_execbindir = $(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/CXX
    example_execbin_SCRIPTS = run_cxx_examples.sh
 endif
 

examples/F77/Makefile.am

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = nonblocking_write \
 
 if INSTALL_EXAMPLES
    example_execbin_PROGRAMS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-   example_execbindir = $(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/F77
+   example_execbindir = $(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/F77
    example_execbin_SCRIPTS = run_f77_examples.sh
 endif
 

examples/F90/Makefile.am

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = nonblocking_write \
 
 if INSTALL_EXAMPLES
    example_execbin_PROGRAMS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-   example_execbindir = $(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/F90
+   example_execbindir = $(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)/pnetcdf_examples/F90
    example_execbin_SCRIPTS = run_f90_examples.sh
 endif
 

src/packaging/Makefile.am

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = pnetcdf.pc
 
+# GNU autoconf allows DESTDIR variable when running 'make install' which will
+# prepend it before all installation names.
 install-data-hook:
-	$(SED_I) -e 's|INSTALL_PREFIX|$(prefix)|g ; s|INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX|$(exec_prefix)|g' $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/pnetcdf.pc
+	$(SED_I) -e 's|INSTALL_PREFIX|$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)|g ; s|INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX|$(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)|g' $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/pnetcdf.pc
 
 

src/utils/Makefile.am

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ distclean-local:
 dist-hook:
 	$(SED_I) -e "s|PNETCDF_RELEASE_DATE|@PNETCDF_RELEASE_DATE@|g" $(distdir)/pnetcdf-config.in
 
+# GNU autoconf allows DESTDIR variable when running 'make install' which will
+# prepend it before all installation names.
 install-exec-hook:
-	$(SED_I) -e 's|INSTALL_PREFIX|$(prefix)|g ; s|INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX|$(exec_prefix)|g' $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pnetcdf-config
+	$(SED_I) -e 's|INSTALL_PREFIX|$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)|g ; s|INSTALL_EXEC_PREFIX|$(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix)|g' $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pnetcdf-config
 	chmod +x $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pnetcdf-config
 

test/tst_install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024, Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory
+# See COPYRIGHT notice in top-level directory.
+#
+
+# Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+set -e
+
+# This requires one command-line option, the installation path
+if [ "x$1" = x ] ; then
+   echo "Usage: $0 /pnetcdf/install/path"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+installation_path=$1
+
+# check if folder installation_path exists
+if [ ! -d $installation_path ]; then
+    echo "Error: folder $installation_path cannot be found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# remove trailing '/' character
+# Note on Mac OSX, realpath does not support option -s
+# Ideally, -s should be used to avoid expanding a symlink
+installation_path=$(realpath $installation_path)
+
+# check if pnetcdf_version exists in the install folder
+if [ ! -x $installation_path/bin/pnetcdf_version ]; then
+    echo "Error: pnetcdf_version not found in $installation_path/bin"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if pnetcdf.pc exists in the install folder
+if [ ! -f $installation_path/lib/pkgconfig/pnetcdf.pc ]; then
+    echo "Error: pnetcdf.pc not found in $installation_path/lib/pkgconfig"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if pnetcdf-config exists in the install folder
+if [ ! -x $installation_path/bin/pnetcdf-config ]; then
+    echo "Error: pnetcdf-config not found in $installation_path/bin"
+    exit 1
+else
+   # check if --prefix is correctly reflecting the install path
+   prefixdir=`$installation_path/bin/pnetcdf-config --prefix`
+   if [ $prefixdir != $installation_path ] ; then
+       echo "Error: expecting '$installation_path' from 'pnetcdf-config --prefix' but got $prefixdir"
+       exit 1
+   fi
+   # check if --libdir is correctly reflecting the install path
+   libdir=`$installation_path/bin/pnetcdf-config --libdir`
+   if [ $libdir != $installation_path/lib ] ; then
+       echo "Error: expecting '$installation_path/lib' from 'pnetcdf-config --libdir' but got $libdir"
+       exit 1
+   fi
+   # check if --includedir is correctly reflecting the install path
+   incdir=`$installation_path/bin/pnetcdf-config --includedir`
+   if [ $incdir != $installation_path/include ] ; then
+       echo "Error: expecting '$installation_path/include' from 'pnetcdf-config --includedir' but got $incdir"
+       exit 1
+   fi
+fi
+