linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] libtraceevent: fix lib installation

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Message-ID: <20191202175307.40d5a3df@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 2 Dec 2019 17:53:07 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Trace Devel <linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        arnaldo.melo@...il.com, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] libtraceevent: fix lib installation

On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 12:40:49 +0000
Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:36 AM Sudip Mukherjee
> <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > When we use 'O=' with make to build libtraceevent in a separate folder
> > it fails to install libtraceevent.a and libtraceevent.so.1.1.0 with the
> > error:
> >   INSTALL  /home/sudip/linux/obj-trace/libtraceevent.a
> >   INSTALL  /home/sudip/linux/obj-trace/libtraceevent.so.1.1.0
> > cp: cannot stat 'libtraceevent.a': No such file or directory
> > Makefile:225: recipe for target 'install_lib' failed
> > make: *** [install_lib] Error 1
> >
> > I used the command:
> > make O=../../../obj-trace DESTDIR=~/test prefix==/usr  install
> >
> > It turns out libtraceevent Makefile, even though it builds in a separate
> > folder, searches for libtraceevent.a and libtraceevent.so.1.1.0 in its
> > source folder.
> > So, add the 'OUTPUT' prefix to the source path so that 'make' looks for
> > the files in the correct place.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile | 1 +  
> 
> A gentle ping.
> I know its the merge window now. But your ack for these two patches will allow
> me to start with the debian workflow.
> 

Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, these look fine, and I just tested them
out.

Arnaldo, can you take these in, and possibly get them into this merge
window?

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve