[Bug 329] New: gmake install prefix=... does not work with the privsep-path

[Thomas Binder]

Hi!

On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:45:35AM +1000, bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org wrote:
> To build a package I do 
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/somewhere ...
> gmake
> gmake install prefix=/tmp/installroot
> 
> And then usually a "cd  /tmp/installroot ; find ." gives you the files which
> openssh would install and which should be included in the Package.
> 
> That does not work with 3.4p1 because 
> (a)  the configure-option  "--prefix" does not influence the
> "--with-privsep-path" Option (which it should be, I believe)
> (b)  The  prefix in the command "gmake install prefix=/tmp/installroot" does not
> respect the "prefix=..."-option when creating the privsep-path:
> [...]
> 
> Package building would be easier if  the "prefix" option would work for the
> privsep-path.

You actually want to use

gmake install DESTDIR=/tmp/installroot

Overriding prefix is not the correct way to install into a
temporary directory.


Ciao

Thomas


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