Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:00:29 +0200
From:      Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-stable@webteckies.org>
To:        Mike Porter <mupi@mknet.org>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buildworld tries to write to DESTDIR?
Message-ID:  <200309190000.38836.freebsd-stable@webteckies.org>
In-Reply-To: <200309180159.03917.mupi@mknet.org>
References:  <XFMail.20030917181921.jdp@polstra.com> <200309180159.03917.mupi@mknet.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

--Boundary-02=_Gsia/hiA83GruWB
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: signed data
Content-Disposition: inline

On Thursday 18 September 2003 09:58, Mike Porter wrote:

> On Wednesday 17 September 2003 07:19 pm, John Polstra wrote:
> > On 18-Sep-2003 Doug White wrote:
> >
> > It always used to work to set DESTDIR for both the buildworld and the
> > installworld.  Shouldn't it still?  Personally, I think it is worthy
> > of a PR.
>
> Maybe its just me, but DESTDIR sounds like (and according to the error
> message, appears to act like) the location to place built files in a
> buildworld context.

Check any automake setup: DESTDIR is the install prefix. Of course one is f=
ree=20
deviate from this GNU autotools naming convention.

However - IMO it doesn't serve any purpose during buildworld, as you expect=
 to=20
set the build location with MAKEOBJDIR (which also sounds like the location=
=20
to place built files).
=2D-=20
Melvyn
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
=46reeBSD ghost.lan.webteckies.org 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #5: Tue Se=
p  2=20
17:36:05 CEST 2003    =20
root@ghost.lan.webteckies.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GHOST  i386
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

--Boundary-02=_Gsia/hiA83GruWB
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Description: signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQA/aisGOv9JNmfFN5URAp83AKCTxF0toA68hV7TX6W2nsFD/HaOxgCeLRxr
xN9qj+3dE9MiFTw7FKek0Vo=
=N/5r
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Boundary-02=_Gsia/hiA83GruWB--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200309190000.38836.freebsd-stable>