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Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix='
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Jan Engelhardt |
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Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=' |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:49:13 +0200 (CEST) |
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Alpine 2.00 (LSU 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Saturday 2009-04-18 22:45, John Calcote wrote:
>>>Oh, you mean if the value of the *variable* is empty (following the
>>>thread), not the directory itself. D'oh, sorry, that should have been
>>>obvious to me from context. Never mind. :)
>
>
>>No, I also thought of empty directories. Quote from above: "respective
>>installation directory is empty.". But the puzzling thing was that
>>when using DESTDIR=$foo, $foo would normally be empty anyways
>>(in automated build systems like lbuild/koji/etc.)
>
>
>I'm sure he meant "...respective installation directory *variable* is
>empty.". Doing anything based on whether the directory itself was empty is
>meaningless,
Sure, but it was still a confusing read for too many parties ;-)
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', (continued)
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Keith Marshall, 2009/04/15
- Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su', Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/04/15
- DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=' (was: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su'), Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Russ Allbery, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Harlan Stenn, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/04/25
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Russ Allbery, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Jan Engelhardt, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', John Calcote, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=',
Jan Engelhardt <=
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Harlan Stenn, 2009/04/18
- Re: DESTDIR vs `make install exec_prefix=', Russ Allbery, 2009/04/18