linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace-cmd: Add BUILDING and INSTALL instructions to README

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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:23:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
To:	rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace-cmd: Add BUILDING and INSTALL instructions to
 README


----- "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 10:24 +0100, John Kacur wrote:
> > - Add BUILDING and INSTALL instructions to the README
> > - Change Makefile so that messages don't appear like errors.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Did you rebase your repo or do I need to pull in the other patches
> from
> the mbox?

I rebased the repo and did a push -f

> 
> One comment below.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  Makefile |    6 +++---
> >  README   |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index 8a3f25c..04fe380 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ ifneq ($(dep_includes),)
> >  endif
> >  
> >  show_gui_make:
> > -	@echo "*** to build the gui, type \"make gui\" ***"
> > +	@echo "Note: to build the gui, type \"make gui\""
> >  
> >  show_gui_done:
> > -	@echo "*** gui build complete ***"
> > +	@echo "gui build complete"
> >  
> >  PHONY += show_gui_make
> >  
> > @@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ install_cmd: all_cmd install_plugins
> >  	$(INSTALL) trace-cmd '$(bindir_SQ)'
> >  
> >  install: install_cmd
> > -	@echo "*** to install the gui, type \"make install_gui\" ***"
> > +	@echo "Note: to install the gui, type \"make install_gui\""
> >  
> >  install_gui: install_cmd gui
> >  	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(bindir_SQ)'
> > diff --git a/README b/README
> > index 7ac4390..d191197 100644
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -9,3 +9,29 @@ These files also make up the code to create the
> libraries
> >  The applications are licensed under the GNU General Public License
> 2.0
> >  (see COPYING) and the libraries are licensed under the GNU
> >  Lesser General Public License 2.1 (See COPYING.LIB).
> > +
> > +BUILDING:
> > +
> > +To make trace-cmd
> > +    make
> > +
> > +To make the gui
> > +    make gui
> > +
> > +INSTALL:
> > +
> > +To install trace-cmd
> > +    make install
> > +
> > +To install the gui
> > +    make install_gui
> > +
> > +Note: The default install is relative to /usr/local
> > +    The default install directory is /usr/local/bin
> > +    The default plugin directory is
> /usr/local/share/trace-cmd/plugins
> > +
> > +To change the default, you can set 'prefix', eg
> > +mkdir $HOME/test-trace
> > +make prefix=$HOME/test-trace
> > +make prefix=$HOME/test-trace install
> 
> Looks good, but I would use the example of this:
> 
> make prefix=~
> make prefix=~ install
> 
> The above would install the executables into your home directory
> ~/bin
> and the plugins into ~/.trace-cmd/plugins
> 


That is an oddity, I tried to show a general case.
We could append more info about that special case if you wish.
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