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Re: install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules

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BCBrandon Casey <brandon.casey.ctr@nrlssc.navy.mil>
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Sep 21, 2009, 18:34 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Brandon Casey <brandon.casey.ctr@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:
> 
>> Craig Taylor wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I'm compiling/installing git in a Solaris environment without root.
>>> Using 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' to stage an install to an
>>> alternate location.
>>> The perl module component of 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' installs
>>> into the system perl lib path without prepending the forced install
>>> destination or my '--prefix'.
>>> This seems counter intuitive and I would consider a bug.
>> Try 'make prefix=<some path>'.
>>
>> btw, this is in the first paragraph of the INSTALL document.
> 
> But is that what Craig is trying to do?
> 
> I think he wants to build git to be installed in /usr/bin/git or whatever,
> and he would say "prefix=/usr".  He however wants "make install" to write
> into /var/tmp/g/usr/bin/git, not /usr/bin/git, so that he can for example
> make a tarball with "cd /var/tmp/g && tar cf ../git.tar .", and extract it
> as root under the real '/'.  "make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/g" is exactly for
> that, and if it is not working I would say it is a bug.
Ah.  I did not realize that that is what DESTDIR is for.
Thanks for the correction.
-brandon
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  1. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  2. Brandon CaseySep 21, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2009
  4. Brandon CaseySep 21, 2009
  5. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  6. Ben WaltonSep 21, 2009
  7. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2009
  9. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  10. Craig TaylorSep 22, 2009
  11. Craig TaylorSep 22, 2009
  12. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009
  13. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2009
  15. perl/Makefile.PL: detect MakeMaker versions incompatible with DESTDIRBrandon Casey, Sep 24, 2009
  16. perl/Makefile.PL: detect MakeMaker versions incompatible with DESTDIRBrandon Casey, Sep 24, 2009
  17. Johannes SixtOct 8, 2009
  18. Brandon CaseyOct 8, 2009
  19. Brandon CaseyOct 8, 2009
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2009
  21. c^Sep 22, 2009
  22. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009

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