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Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su'
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su' |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:22:49 -0400 |
Hmmm. Would it be worth changing autoconf to make './configure
--help' state something like the following:
| Some influential environment variables:
| ...
| DESTDIR leave unset during configure; allows installation to
| specify a staging area different than the final prefix
Perhaps even issue a warning if DESTDIR is set during configure
time? Or would this proposal just cause more problems?
I know that the wording is only a suggestion, but I see multiple
problems.
DESTDIR is not synonymous with prefix, it is prepended to each of the
variables (exec_prefix, prefix, bindir, libexecdir, ...) when they
are used as a destination during `make install'.
I do not think that users are confused about passing DESTDIR during
configure time either. DESTDIR is and has always been a automake
variable. Alas, the only useful place to put this information is in
the output of --help. Maybe something more like this would be a bit
more suitable (not to happy about the actual wording):
`To install FOO in a different directory for the purpose of making a
tarball, or similar pass DESTDIR to `make install''
Problem with the above, is that it only works when using make, but
maybe this is not a real problem? If one uses AM_INIT in configure,
then the above could pop up...
- Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Douglas Held, 2009/04/10
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Jim Meyering, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Douglas Held, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Eric Blake, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su',
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Eric Blake, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Eric Blake, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/14
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Eric Blake, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Douglas Held, 2009/04/15