compatibility with old scripts

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/talerbuildconfig.py b/talerbuildconfig.py
index d98b70f..394e8e9 100644
--- a/talerbuildconfig.py
+++ b/talerbuildconfig.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class BuildConfig:
         self.args = None
         self.prefix_enabled = False
         self.configmk_enabled = False
-        self.dotconfigmk_enabled = False
+        self.configmk_dotfile = False
 
     def add_tool(self, tool):
         """Deprecated.  Prefer the 'use' method."""
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ class BuildConfig:
     def _error(self, msg):
         print("Error", msg)
 
-    def enable_configmk(self):
+    def enable_configmk(self, dotfile=False):
         """If enabled, output the config.mk makefile fragment."""
         self.configmk_enabled = True
+        self.configmk_dotfile = dotfile
 
     def run(self):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -156,10 +157,14 @@ class BuildConfig:
                 print(f"found {tool.name} as {path} (version {version})")
 
         if self.configmk_enabled:
-            d = Path(".")
+            if self.configmk_dotfile:
+                print("writing .config.mk")
+                d = Path(".")
+            else:
+                print("writing config.mk")
+                d = Path(os.environ.get("TALERBUILDSYSTEMDIR", "."))
             d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             with open(d / ".config.mk", "w") as f:
-                print("writing .config.mk")
                 f.write("# this makefile fragment is autogenerated by configure.py\n")
                 if self.prefix_enabled:
                     f.write(f"prefix = {args.prefix}\n")