Re: serious libtool 1.4 breakage?
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 10:29:34AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> make install prefix=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr
It might be worth to play with DESTDIR than with prefix, at least if
automake is used.
The install prefix mangling is a bit incoherent across applications.
> However, when I posted a message to the libtool mailing list (see the
> above bug report), I only received one reply, and that was: "[...]
> when relinking is necessary, you must not use a different prefix to
> install than the one used to build."
I think it is reasonable to ask back what solution they provide for the case
where you want to temporarily install into a different place for packaging
etc.
> 2. it is simply not possible to build Debian packages while adhering
> to this artificial restriction.
I would not bind this to the use of prefix=. I always found the use of a
different prefix= lacking. I think DESTDIR was meant to be the proper
variable to mangle, but I could be wrong. I have certainly seen a lot of
software break with setting either prefix or DESTDIR to something
unexpected.
Thanks,
Marcus
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