Re: [patch] DESTDIR support for cpio

2000-07-18 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Tim" == Tim Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tim> I am interested in combining libraries created in a deep project Tim> into one library instead of a bunch of little ones. How can this Tim> be accomplished? Use libtool convenience libraries for the subdirectories, and combine them into

Re: [patch] DESTDIR support for cpio

2000-07-18 Thread Tim Heath
I am interested in combining libraries created in a deep project into one library instead of a bunch of little ones. How can this be accomplished? Thanks, Tim Heath Alain Magloire wrote: > > > > > [This message has also been posted.] > > This patch adds support to cpio 2.4.2 for the DESTDIR m

Re: [patch] DESTDIR support for cpio

2000-07-17 Thread Tom Tromey
Alain> It was/is my understanding that automake honoured DESTDIR. It does. Any failure of DESTDIR is most likely a bug in a particular package's Makefile.am. If not, then it is an automake bug and should be reported. Tom

Re: [patch] DESTDIR support for cpio

2000-07-17 Thread Tom Tromey
>> This patch adds support to cpio 2.4.2 for the DESTDIR macro, which >> according to people on gnu.misc.discuss is the appropriate macro for >> supporting an installation root. Alain> It was/is my understanding that automake honoured DESTDIR. Note that cpio in particular has a sad but (perhaps)

Re: [patch] DESTDIR support for cpio

2000-07-17 Thread Alain Magloire
> > [This message has also been posted.] > This patch adds support to cpio 2.4.2 for the DESTDIR macro, which > according to people on gnu.misc.discuss is the appropriate macro for > supporting an installation root. I'm not sure you are taking the right approach most of the GNU utils use automak