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Message-ID: <4BCCAA5D.1000809@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:09:17 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: rostedt@...dmis.org
CC: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: trace-cmd: make Makefile rpm-friendly
On 04/19/10 12:06, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 20:11 +0200, John Kacur wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>>>
>>> Update Makefile to support rpmbuild DESTDIR usage.
>>
>> So, what would happen if you did
>> make DESTDIR=/usr/local install ?
>>
>> I think you would get /usr/local/usr/local
>> So, I think I would NAK this patch.
>>
>> I also don't believe there is anything magical about DESTDIR in a spec
>> file. Essentially, prefix in this makefile is equivalent to DESTDIR, so
>> you can replace DESTDIR with prefix in a spec template.
>>
>
> NAK is too strong. I was looking at what perf does, and it basically
> makes prefix and DESTDIR the same.
>
> ifndef DESTDIR
> prefix = $(HOME)
> endif
>
> We could do..
>
> ifndef DESDIR
> prefix = /usr/local/bin
> endif
>
> and then, if DESTDIR is not set, it would do the right thing.
Yes, thanks, but I have it "fixed" now (for some daffynition of fixed).
--
~Randy
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