Currently 'make help' message has such hint:
use "make prefix=<path> <install target>" to install to a particular
path like make prefix=/usr/local install install-doc
But this is misleading, when I specify "prefix=/usr/local", it has got no
respect at all. Instead, what takes effect is the "DESTDIR" variable.
In this case, "DESTDIR" has a empty value, so the actual install
directory falls back $HOME, not '/usr/local'.
Specifying "DESTDIR=/usr/local" will work as desired.
This patch fixes the help message.
Signed-off-by: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4...@gmail.com>
---
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 895edd3..37c5f90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -784,8 +784,8 @@ help:
@echo ''
@echo 'Perf install targets:'
@echo ' NOTE: documentation build requires asciidoc, xmlto packages to
be installed'
- @echo ' HINT: use "make prefix=<path> <install target>" to install to
a particular'
- @echo ' path like make prefix=/usr/local install install-doc'
+ @echo ' HINT: use "make DESTDIR=<path> <install target>" to install to
a particular'
+ @echo ' path like "make DESTDIR=/usr/local install install-doc"'
@echo ' install - install compiled binaries'
@echo ' install-doc - install *all* documentation'
@echo ' install-man - install manpage documentation'
--
2.0.0-rc3
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