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
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