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Re: [3.4] DESTDIR support completed


On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 19:35:35 +0100 (CET)
Christian Cornelssen <ccorn@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:

>This is Automake's style. 

Seems kind of silly if you ask me. 

> The rationale is that DESTDIR is only used for ultimate installation,
> and there shall be no possibility of compiling it into binaries or
> permanently storing it in any configuration.

Well, these are include files, so I don't see how compiling it into
binaries is an issue. I'm not quite sure I understand the "permanently
storing it in any configuration" argument: there is no configure option
that I see (perhaps I've overlooked something) that sets DESTDIR. 

And if the proper invocation is along the lines of:
"make DESTDIR=/some/root/dir install"

Then I don't really see any difference, except for verbosity and style,
between the two in generated Makefiles. I see libsupc++/Makefile.am
already does things the verbose way. If you'd like to patch up
po/Makefile.am to remove the "disturbing" bits, and make it consistent
with the rest of the install commands, please feel free.

If this makes your scripts easier, so be it. In the future, however,
please cc libstdc++ on its configuration patches before you check them
in.

-benjamin




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