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FYI: HEAD: Fix "make install"
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
FYI: HEAD: Fix "make install" |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:38:05 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 12:02:32PM CEST:
> OK, here's the long-awaited proposal for a fixed "make install" for CVS
> HEAD. I won't commit it until I've tested it on several architectures,
> but I'll post it for you to read and complain if necessary.
> Notes:
> - I'm a bit unsure whether cleaning pkgdatadir before install is even
> allowed: the user could have pre-created a directory structure with
> permissions according to her needs. Should I omit that rm -rf?
I looked a bit into standards, and I believe we're ok if we change that
to
-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/*
so that we keep the permissions of the toplevel directory if it was
already present before.
> What do you think?
No comments at all, so I have applied the patch to HEAD with above small
change.
Cheers,
Ralf
> * Makefile.am: Install libltdl data files in correct order.
> Use pre-defined programs for installation; use NORMAL_INSTALL
> and NORMAL_UNINSTALL. Really fix ownership and timestamp
> problems. Fix typo in uninstallation of aclocal files.
> Reported by Peter Breitenlohner <address@hidden> and
> Charles Wilson <address@hidden>.