oh btw, regarding my inability to create a slackware package, after try number 7, i successfully did it. =)
thanks to your ideas... =) On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 19:07, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: > Andy, these only work if your package uses autoconf and automake. > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 06:48:40PM +0800, Andy Sy wrote: > > When compiling source code into a temporary directory for > > packaging, which of the following will work more often: > > > > > > make install prefix=/pkgdir/usr/local > > > > Every program that follows GNU coding standards for makefiles (that > essentially means every program that uses GNU Automake for its build > process) will honor this. > > > or > > > > make DESTDIR=/pkgdir install > > > > DESTDIR is also required by GNU coding standards, and hence is always > created by Automake generated makefiles. > > > I've encountered one package, omniORB for which DESTDIR > > worked but prefix was ignored. Would the reverse sometimes > > be true for some packages? > > The two methods you've described should only fail if a package doesn't > follow the GNU makefile guidelines, usually because it doesn't use > automake, or it goes out of its way to do something highly unnatural in > a Makefile.am (which is absolutely crazy for anyone to do). > > -- > Rafael R. Sevilla <dido at imperium dot ph> +63(2)8123151 > Software Developer, Imperium Technology Inc. +63(917)4458925 > "Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from > a cross of iron." > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] -- -=[mikhail]=- aka Dean Michael C. Berris mobile +63 917 8901959 work +63 49 5680024 http://free.net.ph/Members/mikhailberis _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
