Re: [PATCH] perf: Make the install relative to DESTDIR if specified

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:57 PM, John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Without this change, the install path is relative to
> > prefix/DESTDIR
> > where prefix is automatically set to $HOME
> >
> > This can produce unexpected results. For example
> >
> > make -C tools/perf DESTDIR=/home/jkacur/tmp install-man
> >
> > creates the directory: ? ? ? ? ?/home/jkacur/home/jkacur/tmp/share/...
> > instead of ?the expected: ? ? ? /home/jkacur/tmp/share/...
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > ?tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile | ? ?4 +++-
> > ?tools/perf/Makefile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ?4 +++-
> > ?2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
> > index bdd3b7e..bd498d4 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
> > @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ DOC_MAN1=$(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(MAN1_TXT))
> > ?DOC_MAN5=$(patsubst %.txt,%.5,$(MAN5_TXT))
> > ?DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
> >
> > +# Make the path relative to DESTDIR, not prefix
> > +ifndef DESTDIR
> > ?prefix?=$(HOME)
> > +endif
> > ?bindir?=$(prefix)/bin
> > ?htmldir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/perf-doc
> > ?pdfdir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/perf-doc
> > @@ -32,7 +35,6 @@ mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man
> > ?man1dir=$(mandir)/man1
> > ?man5dir=$(mandir)/man5
> > ?man7dir=$(mandir)/man7
> > -# DESTDIR=
> >
> > ?ASCIIDOC=asciidoc
> > ?ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = --unsafe
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
> > index 2d53738..5da0cd0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
> > @@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ STRIP ?= strip
> > ?# runtime figures out where they are based on the path to the executable.
> > ?# This can help installing the suite in a relocatable way.
> >
> > +# Make the path relative to DESTDIR, not to prefix
> > +ifndef DESTDIR
> > ?prefix = $(HOME)
> > +endif
> > ?bindir_relative = bin
> > ?bindir = $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative)
> > ?mandir = share/man
> > @@ -233,7 +236,6 @@ sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
> > ?ETC_PERFCONFIG = etc/perfconfig
> > ?endif
> > ?lib = lib
> > -# DESTDIR=
> >
> > ?export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir
> >
> > --
> > 1.6.6.1
> 
> Sorry, I'd like to withdraw this patch.
> 
> I see I can achieve my desired ends without changing the behaviour for
> others who expect the old behaviour,

The old behavior doesnt look very logical though, right?

	Ingo