Re: [grub #73] configure --help not helpful

[Robert Urban]

Hello Tahin,

specifying "--prefix=/grub" is definately not what I want.  That would
cause executables to be installed under /grub/bin and /grub/sbin, libraries
to be installed under /grub/lib, etc.

If I specify "--datadir=/boot --sysconfdir=/boot" then stage1, stage2
and company get installed under /grub/boot/i386-pc/.

This should be DOCUMENTED.  That is my complaint.  Really, they should
get installed in the place pointed at by the appropriate (documented)
configure parameter.

Also, apparently grub goes looking for the *stage* files in specific
places, perhaps according to rules influenced by "configure" parameters.
There's nary a mention of how this works anywhere that I could find. 
Certainly not in the output of "configure --help".

cheers,

Rob Urban

You wrote:
> At 03:39 2003.04.27._ +0900, you wrote:
> >Reporter: address@hidden
> >Summary: configure --help not helpful
> >Version: 0.93
> >Type: documentation bug
> >
> >Message:
> >there is no description of which path specifiers (datadir, sysconfdir, 
> >etc) control where various grub components get installed. This is very 
> >frustrating.  In my case, I have
> >a "/boot" partition due to my crap BIOS.  Thus, I wanted
> >to get the grub boot components installed under /boot/grub.
> >Thus I specified --datadir=/boot/grub and -sysconfdir=/boot/grub.  the 
> >installation ended up installing
> >things under /boot/grub/grub/i386-pc/.  There is no mention
> >of this in the docs, nor in the configure --help info.
> >Short of struggling through the Makefile(s), my only option
> >is trial and error.  Why is grub adding "grub/i386-pc/" to
> >the path(s) I specified???
> >
> >
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> Hello!
> 
> Also you would like to get the stage2, stage1, *stage1.5 under boot/grub...
> I think you should simply specify configure --prefix=/grub. After "make 
> install" under "/grub/share/grub/i386-pc" (or any similar:-))) you would 
> have the files, and you can copy it to /boot/grub.
> I compiled it, and I made this too.:-))
>