On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday 08 November 2009 12:50:19 Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:28:42 -0800 Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > > "Configuration" section to match Makefile message.
>> > > How to use DESTDIR and --prefix together.
>> > >
>> > > TODO:
>> > > "Quick Start" does not work.
>> > > "Not using autoconf:" does not work.
>> > >
>> > > ---
>> > >  INSTALL |    9 ++++++++-
>> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > >
>> > > --- ltp-full-20091031-auto.orig/INSTALL
>> > > +++ ltp-full-20091031-auto/INSTALL
>> > > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ downloaded from:
>> > >  - http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.7.tar.bz2
>> > >  - http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.7.tar.gz
>> > >
>> > > -Configuring
>> > > +Configuration
>> > >  -------------------
>> > >  Using autoconf:
>> > >         $ make autotools # This must be run from "$TOP_SRCDIR!"
>> > > @@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ in the same directory where the source f
>> > >   sysroot, as opposed to the host system's sysroot.
>> > >  - Specify SKIP_IDCHECK=1 if and when you don't want to modify
>> > > /etc/{group,passwd} on the target system's sysroot.
>> > > +- If you want to build and install ltp inside its source tree (e.g.,
>> > > in +  $TOP_SRCDIR/ltpbin/), to support multiple versions of LTP on one
>> > > system, +  then use
>> > > +
>> > > +       $ cd $TOP_SRCDIR
>> > > +       $ mkdir ltpbin
>> > > +       $ ./configure DESTDIR=$PWD --prefix=$PWD/ltpbin
>> > >
>> > >  If you get a build error, please report it to [email protected]
>> > > with following information,
>> >
>> > My only question about this is this step above a frequently used usecase?
>>
>> I can't answer that.  It seems like a good idea to be able to have
>> multiple versions of ltp installed and it took me a little while to
>> figure out how to use both DESTDIR and --prefix, so I'd like a reference
>> for it...
>
> --prefix and DESTDIR under LTP should work exactly the same as under any
> autotooled package.  passing DESTDIR to configure doesnt make sense imo, nor
> does this example.  this example suggests a file tree of:
> $PWD/$PWD/ltpbin/.....

1. DESTDIR doesn't get saved with configure today (and quite frankly
won't work).
2. --prefix alone will do the trick (unless you're exporting this via
NFS at $(DESTDIR) or chrooting the path).

HTH,
-Garrett

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