Re: CDBS and DESTDIR

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 05:13:38PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Mattia Dongili wrote:
> >some (hopefully) usefull notes:
> >- why are you trying to install 'bin/ali2gff' instead of 'ali2gff' only?
> 
> Because all binary files are on bin/ directory.

yes but you're already mentioning the 'bin' directory in the last part
of your install invocation.
Quoting your diff:

/usr/bin/install -s -m 755 bin/ali2gff $(DESTDIR)/bin/
                           ^^^                   ^^^^
> >- why not using /usr/bin/install for everything when copying files, it has
> >  useful features, eg:
> >   -D     create all leading components of DEST except the last, then
> >          copy  SOURCE  to  DEST; useful in the 1st format
> >  (please see the full manpage for the install command, this is just a
> >  hint for the nonexisting /tmp/bin/ above)
> 
> Because there is only one binary file. The other files are perl scripts.
> Install says something about not possible to strip the perl files.

of course it isn't, read the install manpage and look for the -s
option... simply avoid it

-- 
mattia
:wq!