Hello, On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 07:27:12PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > On 7/15/2022 1:34 AM, ???? ??????? wrote: > > I wonder how do NetBSD/OpenBSD ports work, do they use their own > > "install" invocation instead of "make install" ? > > shouldn't they switch to "make install" ? > > NetBSD uses the Makefile's install targets but patches out the -v flag. > OpenBSD used it's own install target > but I'm trying to remove that special casing and I had basically the same > sort of diff NetBSD has. Can't switch > to the make install target until the Makfile is fixed.
I agree with the principle of your patch, just not with the way it's done, because this variable "IV" is a bit cryptic and not easy to follow. Other programs also like to redefine the install program, thus I'd propose a simpler and more flexible approach: - define "INSTALL = install" early, next to DESTDIR and friends - set "INSTALL = install -v" in the LINUX targets - use $(INSTALL) in the install targets This way it even allows users of any platform to simply pass the INSTALL variable to match their needs (including setting it to "ginstall -v" on non-linux platforms where this often points to GNU install). Thanks, Willy
