[Fedora-packaging] Re: %makeinstall - must not or should not use it?
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Aug 18 19:16:28 UTC 2006
Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 12:02 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>> >>>>> "TK" == Toshio Kuratomi <toshio at tiki-lounge.com> writes:
>>
>> TK> Does this make more sense?
>>
>> Absolutely. Count this as a +1 for that wording if someone wants to
>> vote on the list.
>>
> Great! List voting would be perfect for little clarifications like
> this. I've removed the "broken" from the text but otherwise left this
> the same. If we can get six packaging committee members to vote +1 on
> it, I'll put it into ratify.
>
> "Fedora's RPM includes a %makeinstall macro but it must NOT be used when
> make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} will work. %makeinstall is a kludge
> that can work with Makefiles that don't make use of the DESTDIR variable
> but it has the following potential issues:"
+1
-- Rex
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