On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 10:18:35PM +0300, Michail Vidiassov wrote: > Dear Ted, > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Ted Faber wrote: > > >>>>Add DESTDIR to install and uninstall targets > >>>>to support staged installations. > > > >I've added DESTDIR to the Makefile. The manual page can be munged by this, > >but honestly it's reasonably likely to be screwed up anyway. The --help > >and --version information will be correct and the man page points there > >for authoritative information on installation location. > > I can not comment on that skrewing up specifically, since DESTDIR changes > are not in pre3. > > But DESTDIR is usually set only for make install. > Thus after make install with DESTDIR set paths in mans are expected to > be broken, they are as if DESTDIR was not set (as was the case during > configuration and build stages). > > Installation with DESTDIR set is not to be actually used, > but just archived for future use or analyzed in some way > (for example - to make list of files that are created > by make install - sort of automatic pkg-plist creation).
Yeah, I understand. I think I've got it. I'll ship 1.38 with DESTDIR working. -- http://www.lunabase.org/~faber Unexpected attachment? http://www.lunabase.org/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG
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