From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K8h8D-0005hd-UQ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:17 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8h8C-0005hL-B9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:16 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K8h8B-0005h9-8u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45969 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8h8B-0005h6-4l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:15 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:37462) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K8h8A-0002Gx-PD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:14 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 17 Jun 2008 15:46:13 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6884619058 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080617105123.6547c227@gibibit.com> References: <20080617105123.6547c227@gibibit.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:46:12 -0400 Message-Id: <1213731972.31285.13.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 (2.22.2-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix grub-install to use prefix for modules dir X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:46:17 -0000 On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 10:51 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > I fixed ``grub-install`` so it can function when installed > to a prefix other than ``/usr/local``. This simply meant adding > > --directory="${pkglibdir} > > to the command line arguments for grub_mkimage. The default is GRUB_LIBDIR, which is set to pkglibdir at the compile time. Your patch would have no effect if anything is compiled and installed properly. Maybe you are trying to change prefix during "make install"? That's not the best approach. DESTDIR should be used to install to a temporary location. Or maybe you have some other scenario in mind? -- Regards, Pavel Roskin