From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 517FC566A for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:43:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.11.211 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1721234602; cv=none; b=riq1GJNZWjBL/x1NurJ4J35qK0DfQJbocfFsa/W9JYleEN8sbIiq2FNzeyxk7Inb5dGYhXk/Vx1ZgC7kPTzqIpY2wfkkhk6UdPY3WfnuBZ264Oy/+0gwe/9zEfDaE6yOmvPlyRcuX2mVvkK48R7mFAnEJGmiatM3ZLitYWvbbis= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1721234602; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WZ6jI8WhqL9djugPjDLwr9hyQZnKhnURnWhxpBfj3cM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=QeYgbojn71lamwG0KEhb1ljzdy/h2fGch/g089RBo/Mz2DAZEb5Kayc8fFapJQBfgc5D4cMRhf6bmiX9CaPzDcWHjR0H6gqObyxpe7WI7xLi/QfQ/cjh2yt0cZX4yHNbSqi85QwprgixQeqqmr9kpMJ8EyImpGdudBtbMqmKSLQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lst.de; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.11.211 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lst.de Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 08DC868B05; Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:43:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:43:16 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: Christoph Hellwig , cem@kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] misc: shift install targets Message-ID: <20240717164316.GA21364@lst.de> References: <171988120259.2008941.14570974653938645833.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs> <20240702054419.GC23415@lst.de> <20240703025929.GV612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> <20240703043123.GD24160@lst.de> <20240703050154.GB612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> <20240709225306.GE612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> <20240710061838.GA25875@lst.de> <20240716164714.GC612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> <20240717050005.GB8579@lst.de> <20240717161905.GI612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240717161905.GI612460@frogsfrogsfrogs> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 09:19:05AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > > Modify each Makefile so that "install-pkg" installs the main package > > > contents, and "install" just invokes "install-pkg". We'll need this > > > indirection for the next patch where we add an install-selfheal target > > > to build the xfsprogs-self-healing package but will still want 'make > > > install' to install everything on a developer's workstation. > > > > Maybe debian packaging foo is getting a little rusty, but wasn't the > > a concept of pattern matching to pick what files go into what subpackage > > without having to change install targets? > > It is, and modern debhelper-based packaging workflows make this easy. > Unfortunately, xfsprogs hasn't been updated to use it. :( Oh well. Maybe I'll need to dust off my packaging skills and look into that. Because splitting the install targets just makes it harder to move to a more modern build system eventually. Another one of those projects I've started and need to eventually finish..