Looks like I already took a "DESTDIR" patch sometime in the past, and the present one merely makes it more nearly correct -- so I just hand-adapted it into vanilla. (new test release hopefully to arrive tomorrow once I've tested it on the usual machines)
cheers Miller On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 05:02:53PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > > > Before we start modifying any specific file in pd-devel, I think there > > needs to be a plan for how those changes are going to maintained, IMHO. > yep, that makes sense. > it's well to discuss about it, since it's always good to bring > improvements to software. > > if I remember correct, I tried submitting those DESTDIR fixes time ago, > also to pd-vanilla, but perhaps it found no interest. > let's put it into this way: > > why some files (everything under $prefix/lib it seems) need to get > installed outside $DESTDIR? > > actually almost no-one notices this problem when installing pd > directly to / (which is, when you specify no DESTDIR to make). > but when you want to install files in some path (example: for > packaging pd), you end up having a DESTDIR which contains bin files, but > not library files, which get installed to the real root /) so the build > system it's not fully functional (it has to be regularly patched to > install correctly on Gentoo, as I said) > > > > > > So far, we've talked a lot about u_main.tk, and that's what we've been > > working on. And by the way, IIRC, the DESTDIR changes are in the > > pd-extended branch, and submitted to the patch tracker. > > yep I followed the discussion and despite I'm really busy with life, > work and study, I'm really happy this is happening, and I wish to > contribute to pd ui (I have some idea for improved widgets and also for > the ui design) > > -- > FF > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
