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Re: addpm.exe missing from installation
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: addpm.exe missing from installation |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:05:41 +0300 |
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:11:17 -0600
> From: Christoph Scholtes <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
>
> On 6/10/2012 10:03 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I don't follow: aren't you invoking "make install"? If not,
> > what Make command are you using that doesn't work?
>
> No. When creating the binary distribution, I do not want to install the
> shortcuts in my start menu. That was the main reason for creating the
> install-bin target to allow to create an in-place installation from
> which a distribution can be created without creating the shortcuts. make
> install will run make install-bin and then install-shortcuts, so we get
> the normal, expected behavior including shortcuts.
So what are the commands you invoke when you prepare a binary
distribution? Armed with that knowledge, I can find a way to keep
both "make install" and your procedure happy.
> > In general, addpm.exe is not needed, unless one wants to create or
> > update the shortcuts, which is why I didn't hesitate to move that
> > command (in its previous place, it interfered with parallel execution
> > of "make install", which was the motivation for the change).
>
> We should include it in the binary distribution, right?
Yes, definitely.