On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 12:52:43AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > "Dave Korn" writes: > > > On 20 February 2006 21:44, Jari Aalto wrote: > >> which you can install like any other Cygwin Net Release with: > >> > >> tar -C / -jxvf gt5-1.3-1.tar.bz2 > > > > Yeh, OK, I get all that. What I didn't get is that other source packages, > > based on g-b-s /are/ for installing live, whereas source packages based on > > cygbuild don't appear to have that ability and I was expecting to find it in > > there somewhere without going through the indirect stage of tarring and > > untarring an installation. (And manually running any postinstall script, I > > assume?). GBS-based packages you can run the make install step directly > > into > > your live cygwin installation; cygbuild-based ones you can't, am I right? > > I don't believe g-b-s "install" command does it any differently. The > whole idea of Cygwin Net Source Packages (here at cygwin-apps) is not > to install live, but to install files into a separate directory -- > which in turn -- is converted into an installable *.tzr.bz2 packages > (as above). > > Though, I haven't checked in a long time, would anyone comment better?
As someone who has very recently been through the ins and outs of latest g-b-s, I have to agree with Jari, sorry Dave. g-b-s always does a DESTDIR install, and I see no way to override that. Cheers, Peter