Re: install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules

[Craig Taylor <c@gryning.com>]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:58:20AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Brandon Casey <brandon.casey.ctr@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:
> 
> > Craig Taylor wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >> 
> >> I'm compiling/installing git in a Solaris environment without root.
> >> Using 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' to stage an install to an
> >> alternate location.
> >> The perl module component of 'make DESTDIR=<some path> install' installs
> >> into the system perl lib path without prepending the forced install
> >> destination or my '--prefix'.
> >> This seems counter intuitive and I would consider a bug.
> >
> > Try 'make prefix=<some path>'.
> >
> > btw, this is in the first paragraph of the INSTALL document.
> 
> But is that what Craig is trying to do?
> 
> I think he wants to build git to be installed in /usr/bin/git or whatever,
> and he would say "prefix=/usr".  He however wants "make install" to write
> into /var/tmp/g/usr/bin/git, not /usr/bin/git, so that he can for example
> make a tarball with "cd /var/tmp/g && tar cf ../git.tar .", and extract it
> as root under the real '/'.  "make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/g" is exactly for
> that, and if it is not working I would say it is a bug.

Exactly as you describe here, different paths but same goal.
All binaries follow the DESTDIR path except the perl modules.

To register this as a bug do I need to do more than send this email?

Thanks
CraigT

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