Hi Steve, On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:36 AM Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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. -- Regards Sudip
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