2015-12-03 15:31, Bruce Richardson: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 02:45:27PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > Following the recent discussions, this is a proposal to have a standard > > installation process while keeping compatibility with most of the old > > behaviours. [...] > > Local install example with old (compatible) command: > > > > # make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc DESTDIR=install > > > > would be equivalent to: > > > > # make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc 0=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > # make O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc > > # make install O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc prefix= DESTDIR=install > > While I have no huge objections to this patchset, I don't like the fact that > install does completely different things depending upon whether certain > variables > are defined or not. I believe the "old" default behaviour for install was > poorly named, and while it's behaviour should be kept, a new name should be > given > to it to avoid having the target "install" so heavily overloaded.
Yes. It is a first step to fix a common complain. The we can remove the T= syntax or move the "all-in-one feature" to another command name. I suggest "make config-build-install" :)
