On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 06:02:15PM +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: > Sven Luther writes: > > > > No problem, i have been busy with other things too, and my motherboard > > died on saturday, so i could not do much work this WE. > > I'm sorry to hear that.
No problem, it was under guarantee :))) > > > > Also, would your new SDK still use a fixed path or should it be possible > > > > to install it anywhere ? > > > > > > > > > > Fixed path? I have not looked at the old SDK, but my plan is to > > > have it like the build tree so you should be able to put it anywhere. > > > > Well, once you build and install the SDK, the PROJECTROOT gets expanded > > in the Imakefiles/Makefiles, and it has problem during the build phase > > if you moved it, since it tries to erase files in the old location, for > > which it may not have the rights. I was able to override this behavior > > by calling make wile overriding one of the make variables, i forgot > > which one right now, but i think it was something like USRINCDIR or > > something such. > > > > Ideally it would be easy to build in any place, possibly not as root, > > and then to be able to install as root, and with the install path > > accepting the $(DESTDIR) prefix, so the drivers can be installed into a > > package. > > > > My plan is to create a self-contained build environment which does > not use any absolute paths but builds the stuff in directories > relative to its root directory - much like the full build does. This sounds fine. But i guess it will be ready for the 4.4 timeframe, right ? I will continue hacking on the current SDK for 4.3 in the meantime. Friendly, Sven Luther _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
