Re: SYSROOT/DESTDIR

[Tim Rice]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> * Tim Rice wrote on Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:56:31PM CEST:
> > I'd like to be able have the embedded runpath be /opt/lib even
> > if I install in /opt/foo/lib. (the package posinstall script would put
> > symbolic links in /opt/lib)
> 
> I believe that should be possible now, although in a bit weird way:
>   configure --prefix=/opt --enable-fast-install [OPTIONS]
>   make
>   make install DESTDIR=/tmp
>   $mkdir_p /opt/foo
>   mv /tmp/opt/* /opt/foo
>   # create symlinks ..
>   ./libtool --mode=finish /opt/lib
> (surely you can also use some other path below /opt as DESTDIR to avoid
> another copy if /tmp is on another mount point).

Hmm, that may work. I'll have to try it sometime.
It'll require some serious changes to my package build scripts. :-(

Thanks.

> 
> Did I miss anything?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralf
> 

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