Maxence Guesdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> I didn't make myself clear, my apologies. >> >> DESTDIR is for packaging purposes: the whole software tree >> will be installed in this target, and then the package tool >> creates the package from this directory, so DESTDIR does >> not appear anywhere in the package. > > Sorry, i still do not understand :-( > Where to you launch make install DESTDIR=/some/where ? > Is it in Cameleon of in your package sources? > In Cameleon -> will not work > In your package -> Ah, ok, I think I understand, but what about > launching the configure script with options like > -libdir $DESTDIR/lib ... ? > > I don't know how you create .deb packages so i'm a bit confused.
to make a deb package you have to : configure it as it was to be install into /usr install it into $SRC_DIR/debian/package-name/usr/ then build the deb from this directory. So the use of the make install DESTDIR=/some/where -- Rémi Vanicat [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~vanicat
