From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Craig Taylor Subject: Re: install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:31:51 +0100 Message-ID: <20090922113151.GO8173@gryning.com> References: <20090921160551.GD8173@gryning.com> <7vskeguqmb.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20090921191943.GE8173@gryning.com> <7vocp4ulq2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Reply-To: c@gryning.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 22 13:33:27 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mq3cY-0005sG-Qw for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:33:23 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756150AbZIVLbw (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:31:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756143AbZIVLbu (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:31:50 -0400 Received: from 87-194-167-47.bethere.co.uk ([87.194.167.47]:50782 "EHLO jolt.ukmail.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756141AbZIVLbt (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:31:49 -0400 Received: from craigt by jolt.ukmail.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mq3b5-0007sB-GA for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:31:51 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7vocp4ulq2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:44:05PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Craig Taylor writes: > > > 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? > > Do you use NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER in your build? > > If not, we need to summon an expert on ExtUtils::MakeMaker to look into > this issue, but if you do, perhaps you can try this patch and report how > well it works for you. > > --- > perl/Makefile | 8 ++++---- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/perl/Makefile b/perl/Makefile > index e3dd1a5..4ab21d6 100644 > --- a/perl/Makefile > +++ b/perl/Makefile > @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ $(makfile): ../GIT-CFLAGS Makefile > '$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' -MError -e 'exit($$Error::VERSION < 0.15009)' || \ > echo ' cp private-Error.pm blib/lib/Error.pm' >> $@ > echo install: >> $@ > - echo ' mkdir -p "$(instdir_SQ)"' >> $@ > - echo ' $(RM) "$(instdir_SQ)/Git.pm"; cp Git.pm "$(instdir_SQ)"' >> $@ > - echo ' $(RM) "$(instdir_SQ)/Error.pm"' >> $@ > + echo ' mkdir -p "$$(DESTDIR)$(instdir_SQ)"' >> $@ > + echo ' $(RM) "$$(DESTDIR)$(instdir_SQ)/Git.pm"; cp Git.pm "$$(DESTDIR)$(instdir_SQ)"' >> $@ > + echo ' $(RM) "$$(DESTDIR)$(instdir_SQ)/Error.pm"' >> $@ > '$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' -MError -e 'exit($$Error::VERSION < 0.15009)' || \ > - echo ' cp private-Error.pm "$(instdir_SQ)/Error.pm"' >> $@ > + echo ' cp private-Error.pm "$$(DESTDIR)$(instdir_SQ)/Error.pm"' >> $@ > echo instlibdir: >> $@ > echo ' echo $(instdir_SQ)' >> $@ > else Further to my last email, modifying the perl.mak file as below resolves the problem for me to a satisfactory level. I will have to leave a more permanent solution to someone more familar with make/makemaker. --- git-1.6.4.4/perl/perl.mak_to20090922 2009-09-22 12:07:18.000000000 +0100 +++ git-1.6.4.4/perl/perl.mak 2009-09-22 12:21:17.791887000 +0100 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ INST_LIB = blib/lib INST_ARCHLIB = blib/arch INST_SCRIPT = blib/script -PREFIX = /usr/local/git-1.6.4.4 +PREFIX = $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/git-1.6.4.4 INSTALLDIRS = site INSTALLPRIVLIB = $(PREFIX)/lib/5.6.1 INSTALLARCHLIB = $(PREFIX)/lib/5.6.1/sun4-solaris Many thanks... CraigT -- c^ [c%5e] Failure is natural.