Arnaldo, Can you pull this patch in? Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Steve On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:14:40 +0000 Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I use prefix=/usr and try to install libtraceevent in my laptop it > tries to install in /usr/lib64. I am not having any folder as /usr/lib64 > and also the debian policy doesnot allow installing in /usr/lib64. It > should be in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/. > > Quote: No package for a 64 bit architecture may install files in > /usr/lib64/ or in a subdirectory of it. > ref: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html > > Make it more flexible by allowing to mention libdir_relative while > installing so that distros can mention the path according to their policy > or use the default one. > > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Hi Steve, > > And yet another one (hopefully the final one for now). I know I missed > the merge window, but your Ack should be ok. > > tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile | 5 +++-- > tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile | 5 +++-- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile > index c5a03356a999..7e2450ddd7e1 100644 > --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile > +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile > @@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))' > > LP64 := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1) > ifeq ($(LP64), 1) > - libdir_relative = lib64 > + libdir_relative_temp = lib64 > else > - libdir_relative = lib > + libdir_relative_temp = lib > endif > > +libdir_relative ?= $(libdir_relative_temp) > prefix ?= /usr/local > libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative) > man_dir = $(prefix)/share/man > diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile > index f440989fa55e..edb046151305 100644 > --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile > +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile > @@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))' > > LP64 := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1) > ifeq ($(LP64), 1) > - libdir_relative = lib64 > + libdir_relative_tmp = lib64 > else > - libdir_relative = lib > + libdir_relative_tmp = lib > endif > > +libdir_relative ?= $(libdir_relative_tmp) > prefix ?= /usr/local > libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative) >