On 12/15/2010 03:32 PM, Allan Clark wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 03:46, Andreas Ericsson<a...@op5.se> wrote: >> On 12/14/2010 08:39 PM, Frost, Mark {PBC} wrote: >>> 2) Because we're trying to put all the files into an alternate tree, the >>> installation of 'mon' from install-merlin.sh didn't really work right. In >>> our case, it made a lot more sense to change >>> >>> cp apps/mon.py $root_path/usr/bin/mon >>> >>> to >>> >>> cp apps/mon.py $bindir/mon >>> >>> otherwise it would put 'mon' in a really weird spot. >>> >>> I'm guessing these are design decisions on your part, but in case they're >>> not, I thought I'd point them out. >>> >> >> Yes. The install-merlin.sh script is designed to be usable from the >> rpm spec file, and it's meant to aid people who want to install >> everything in its default location. Would $root_path/$bindir/mon >> work for you? Since you can set $root_path to whatever you want, >> I suppose it should. > > I thought the convention was $DESTDIR , which is also used by > autotools, which is a fairly common tool in that domain. I'd strongly > recommend marching to the same drummer when possible. >
It is when you're using make, but internally the install-merlin script uses $root_path. So "make install DESTDIR=/some/random/path" will install everything to the root path /some/random/path. The autotools default path is called --dest-dir, which is what install-merlin.sh uses, even though I detest the autotools with an unsurpassed passion. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null