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Re: cannot install...to a directory not ending in
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Albert Chin |
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Re: cannot install...to a directory not ending in |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:52:27 -0500 |
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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 that.
>
> Let me explain better what it is I am doing.
>
> The players that are relevant to this particular issue:
>
> 1. /afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
>
> The installed destination for a bison build. We build
> everything as follows, and always have:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> make
> make install prefix=/afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
>
> After that build, /afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
> looks like:
>
> % ls
> bin/ info/ lib/ man/ share/
> %
>
> Disregard that I am using bison as an example. It's only
> an example.
Then how about:
% ./configure --prefix=/
% make
% make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
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albert chin (address@hidden)