Re: [doc] DESTDIR and tooldir

[Christian Cornelssen <ccorn at cs dot tu-berlin dot de>]

Hello,

to shorten the DESTDIR description, I have removed the general
discussion about DESTDIR vs. prefix.  (It's not specifc to GCC and
would fit better into `make-stds.texi'.)

The patch can be applied to gcc-3_2-branch (if the
corresponding DESTDIR patch gets approved), gcc-3_3-branch, and
mainline.

There is one thing left that I'd like to get checked: Due to lack of
cross-compiler setups, I have learned the tooldir installation
behavior from Makefile fragments only.  That is, there has been no
actual test run of the following (pseudo shell code):

	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}
	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
	# should not create tooldirs within ${DESTDIR}

	./mkinstalldirs ${DESTDIR}${exec_prefix}/${target_alias}/bin
	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
	# should fill the above tooldir with cross-compiler execs

Could someone with a cross-compiler setup (e.g. ix86->ppc) check this?
And, should we have to wait for this to happen?

Regards,

Christian Cornelssen

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