Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Darren Freeman
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 07:45 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Darren == Darren Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Darren Hi all, why does make install under Linux have so much work Darren to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Darren Surely this stuff is meant to be done by

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Darren == Darren Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Darren I'm far from an expert on what a makefile should do under each Darren target, I'm just commenting on the overall volume of work Darren being done by the install target. There are a lot of commands passing by, but basically this should be

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Darren Freeman wrote: Hi all, why does make install under Linux have so much work to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Surely this stuff is meant to be done by make. Since I have to run make install as root, I generally prefer not to have actual processing being done here.

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Darren Freeman
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 11:38 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: The fix is to let root run a chown -R your_username * in the top build directory. After that, you own all the files and can compile without root's help again. You got it! Solved, thanks. I was wondering why I had to wait so long after

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Darren Freeman
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 07:45 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Darren> Hi all, why does "make install" under Linux have so much work > Darren> to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. > > Darren> Surely this stuff is

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> I'm far from an expert on what a makefile should do under each Darren> target, I'm just commenting on the overall volume of work Darren> being done by the install target. There are a lot of commands passing by, but basically

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Darren Freeman wrote: Hi all, why does "make install" under Linux have so much work to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Surely this stuff is meant to be done by "make". Since I have to run "make install" as root, I generally prefer not to have actual processing being done

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-28 Thread Darren Freeman
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 11:38 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > The fix is to let root run a > "chown -R your_username *" in the top build directory. > After that, you own all the files and can compile without root's help again. You got it! Solved, thanks. I was wondering why I had to wait so long

Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-27 Thread Darren Freeman
Hi all, why does make install under Linux have so much work to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Surely this stuff is meant to be done by make. Since I have to run make install as root, I generally prefer not to have actual processing being done here. Have fun, Darren

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Darren == Darren Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Darren Hi all, why does make install under Linux have so much work Darren to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Darren Surely this stuff is meant to be done by make. Since I have Darren to run make install as root, I generally

Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-27 Thread Darren Freeman
Hi all, why does "make install" under Linux have so much work to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Surely this stuff is meant to be done by "make". Since I have to run "make install" as root, I generally prefer not to have actual processing being done here. Have fun, Darren

Re: Makefile install target does a lot of work

2007-06-27 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> Hi all, why does "make install" under Linux have so much work Darren> to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. Darren> Surely this stuff is meant to be done by "make". Since I have Darren> to run "make install" as