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>> That is already done in the background. Before any archive, installer or
>> packages are created AOO is setup in a temporary directory. The
>> following diff prevents the temporary directory from being deleted
>> before "make install: ends:
>> [...]
>
> AFAIK with using the configure option
> --with-package-format="installed" this already works without having to
> patch the packager module.
>
> But Pedro probably meant a make target named "install" that would copy
> files from this directory into e.g. /opt/AOO-dev and maybe add a link to its
> main binary into /usr/bin, right?
>
Yes. we currently install everything in it's own directory and then add
symlinks to /usr/local/bin so there are no conflicts with other versions
of OpenOffice.
The ability to sidestep archive creation would be welcome (I think).
Maho-san is the expert though :).
Pedro.
