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Title: make install change: Allow $DESTDIR to be relative
Type: feature request Stage: test needed
Components: Build Versions: Python 3.1, Python 2.7
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Status: open Resolution:
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Assigned To: Nosy List: dgreiman, hanwen, whit537 (3)
Priority: normal Keywords patch

Created on 2006-07-11 23:56 by dgreiman, last changed 2009-03-30 05:05 by ajaksu2.

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relative_destdir_fix.diff dgreiman, 2006-07-11 23:56 Patch to Makefile.pre.in (r50594)
Messages (4)
msg50662 - (view) Author: Douglas Greiman (dgreiman) Date: 2006-07-11 23:56 
This patch allows the $DESTDIR variable used in 'make
install' to be a relative path.  It also avoids
constructing filenames starting with double slashes
('//') when DESTDIR is an absolute path.

Tested on RedHat 9.0 Linux on x86.
msg50663 - (view) Author: Chad Whitacre (whit537) Date: 2006-07-31 21:13 
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I'd also like to see the argument to 'configure --prefix='
also be relative. Could this patch be expanded in that
direction?
msg50664 - (view) Author: Douglas Greiman (dgreiman) Date: 2006-07-31 23:03 
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That seems reasonable, however I believe it should be a
separate change since codewise the two changes are unrelated.
msg50665 - (view) Author: Han-Wen Nienhuys (hanwen) Date: 2006-12-05 23:45 
Agreed. I have never seen $DESTDIR prefixed with / in makefiles, so this patch should go in.

I don't see the point of making --prefix relative. 
you can do 

 --prefix=`cd ../relative ; pwd` 

if you need relative.

Putting relative paths in makefiles is asking for trouble, as the Makefile will call other makefiles in subdirectories, which would need to pass extra ../ overrides of prefix.
History
Date User Action Args
2009-03-30 05:05:49ajaksu2setstage: test needed
type: feature request
versions: + Python 3.1, Python 2.7, - Python 2.5
2006-07-11 23:56:10dgreimancreate