* Jeff Blaine wrote on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:26:07PM CEST:
> I tried DESTDIR. It doesn't do what I want. If I specify
>
> % ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> % make
> % make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
>
> ...then the install process builds out /blah/blah/usr/local.
> We can't use
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 04:52:27PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 05:26:07PM -0400, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> > I tried DESTDIR. It doesn't do what I want. If I specify
> >
> > % ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> > % make
> > % make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
> >
> >
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 05:26:07PM -0400, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> I tried DESTDIR. It doesn't do what I want. If I specify
>
> % ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> % make
> % make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
>
> ...then the install process builds out /blah/blah/usr/local.
> We can't use
I tried DESTDIR. It doesn't do what I want. If I specify
% ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
% make
% make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
...then the install process builds out /blah/blah/usr/local.
We can't use that.
Let me explain better what it is I am doing.
The players that are re
* Jeff Blaine wrote on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 06:30:42PM CEST:
>
> I will try --with-libdir, however I'm immediately concerned
> that it's going to cause an additional problem: We don't
> want anything we build for /dest to have any references
> to /dest/stow/- (to use Ed's
> example).
Yes, in tha
Hi Ralf and Ed,
Ed's description of the problem is what I am experiencing.
We use VECT (aka "CMU's EMT Rewritten and made "Lite") for
release management of apps. Written by yours truly :)
http://vect.sourceforge.net/
Anyway, it's the same problematic idea as Stow's.
I will try --with-libdir,
I believe the problem being described here is one that I have
encountered also since I use stow for package management. A long time
ago, it use to be the case you could say:
./configure --prefix=/dest
make
make prefix=/dest/stow/- install
even if the package installed shared objects.
With mor
Hello Jeff,
* Jeff Blaine wrote on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 04:17:07PM CEST:
> Okay, I've run into this enough that it's taken its toll
> on me and I must know the proper modern way to handle this.
Hmm. This sounds like it used to work before and we broke something.
Is it what you are implying?
> F
Okay, I've run into this enough that it's taken its toll
on me and I must know the proper modern way to handle this.
For years and years, the following worked fine for any
GNU app using autoconf:
./configure --prefix=/my/final/destination
make
make install prefix=/my/to-be-release
