On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 04:01:44PM +0200, Markus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to have the distribution NetworkManager in the usual places on > the disc and at the same time have a git NetworkManager in my home directory > installed. (And the same for nm-applet.) > > I was trying: > ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/mab/install/usr > --sysconfdir=/home/mab/install/etc --localstatedir=/home/mab/install/var > > and > > ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/mab/install/usr > --sysconfdir=/home/mab/install/etc --localstatedir=/home/mab/install/var > --libdir=/home/mab/install/lib > > Both times it tries to install something into /lib: > /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file > `/lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-olpc-mesh.rules': Permission denied
yes, thats kind of a biuld system bugs. i usually just run make install as root even though i install in my home as the few files not properly honouring --prefix are close enough if you hvae a recent netowrk-manager package. > > Isn't this the supposed in-home-directory procedure? Or is $(LIBDIR) missing > somewhere in the scripts? > Arguably those udev rules need to go where they currently go to become effective ... however, its not right to not honour the --prefix for those, so yes. its a bug imo. - Alexander _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
