On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:58:20AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Brandon Casey <brandon.casey.ctr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Craig Taylor wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> I'm compiling/installing git in a Solaris environment without root. > >> Using 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' to stage an install to an > >> alternate location. > >> The perl module component of 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' installs > >> into the system perl lib path without prepending the forced install > >> destination or my '--prefix'. > >> This seems counter intuitive and I would consider a bug. > > > > Try 'make prefix=<some path>'. > > > > btw, this is in the first paragraph of the INSTALL document. > > But is that what Craig is trying to do? > > I think he wants to build git to be installed in /usr/bin/git or whatever, > and he would say "prefix=/usr". He however wants "make install" to write > into /var/tmp/g/usr/bin/git, not /usr/bin/git, so that he can for example > make a tarball with "cd /var/tmp/g && tar cf ../git.tar .", and extract it > as root under the real '/'. "make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/g" is exactly for > that, and if it is not working I would say it is a bug. Exactly as you describe here, different paths but same goal. All binaries follow the DESTDIR path except the perl modules. To register this as a bug do I need to do more than send this email? Thanks CraigT -- c^ [c%5e] No think. No Talk. Train. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html