Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (130 mails)

[Michael Foerster <foerster@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, David Haller wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Michael Foerster wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, David Haller wrote:
> > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know, how to fix this?
> > >
> > > Just as I thought: you don't provide a "prefix", as the Makefile
> > > misuses 'DESTDIR' as prefix.
> > >
> > > i.e. use:
> > >
> > > %build
> > > make DESTDIR="%{_prefix}"
> > >
> > > %install
> > > make DESTDIR="%{buildroot}%{_prefix}" install
> >
> > Thank you so much! this clears so many errors in my private repo at home
> > it's not even funny.
> >
> > Could this error be published in the FAQ or under "Common Errors" in the
> > Wiki ?
>
> Above applies _only_ in the case, when a single vriable (here DESTDIR,
> often PREFIX) is used to install. I.e. when there's no DESTDIR or
> whatever variable with that function.
Yes this I understood. It's the thought / mechanism behind, what was the 
key, before I've had to use cp/mv to get the things done.

This clears up my spec-files oh so nicely.

Cheers, Michael

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