Re: packaging files in CVS

[Dean Scott <drscott rochester rr com>]

On 16 Aug 2001 22:00:10 +0200, Jens Finke wrote:
> On 6 Aug 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> >
> > make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix} bindir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir} \
> >     mandir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir} libdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir} \
> >     localstatedir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{localstatedir} \
> >     datadir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir} \
> >     includedir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir} \
> >     sysconfdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir} install
> 
> Is there reason why we don't use the following:
> 
> make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install

Yes that does work for some packages, but it is safer to use the above
because DESTDIR is not supported by all packages iirc

> 
> AFAIK this should also work.
> 
> And another thing I asked in a previous mail but didn't get any answer
> yet:  Why do you define the localstate variable explicitly and don't use a
> predefined rpm one?

The rpm defined one is incorrect; it is set to prefix/var


Dean Scott


> 
> Regards,
> 
>    Jens
> 
> 
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