Tushar Teredesai wrote these words on 11/28/05 00:13 CST: > Actually, we can do what Greg has done. He uses TT_PFX as the DESTDIR > and instead of make install, he does make DESTDIR=$TT_PFX install. > Someone who does not want to use the DESTDIR approach can just unset > TT_PFX and the installation will be as normal.
Or, to look at it another way, folks that *do* want to use the DESTDIR approach can simply add it to the instructions. :-) Every package README shows the instructions as configure make make install Why do we want to make it different than the maintainer suggests? If you don't trust the maintainer to put what he says he is on your disk, then use the DESTDIR, or some other method to ensure he is not screwing you. If it isn't a trust thing, and you want to figure out what all is being installed, then there are many, many ways to get that data. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 00:16:00 up 64 days, 9:40, 3 users, load average: 1.16, 1.12, 0.77 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
