On Friday, 14 May 2004, at 23:12:51 (-0400), Braden McDaniel wrote: > That doesn't work because "%makeinstall" explicitly sets bindir, > libdir, etc. rather than using--and effectively mooting any > application of--DESTDIR. Is there some good reason %makeinstall does > that instead of just using DESTDIR? They both have their uses. Sometimes one works, sometimes the other. It depends entirely on how the package is...well, packaged. :) Then there are times where neither one works. This is generally a result of a developer who chooses not to use available tools like autoconf/automake and instead grows his/her own solution without realizing the need for a $(DESTDIR) equivalent. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <mej@xxxxxxxxx> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "You're just an empty cage, girl, if you kill the bird." -- Tori Amos, "Crucify" _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
