From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757969Ab0CKOOw (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:52 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:56150 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757939Ab0CKOOv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:38 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: John Kacur Cc: lkml , Peter Zijlstra , Paul Mackerras , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Frederic Weisbecker , Tom Zanussi , Kyle McMartin Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Make the install relative to DESTDIR if specified Message-ID: <20100311141438.GA31225@elte.hu> References: <1268312220-12880-1-git-send-email-jkacur@redhat.com> <520f0cf11003110550v3ba245c1v6dc1c7511251ab66@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <520f0cf11003110550v3ba245c1v6dc1c7511251ab66@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=none autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * John Kacur wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:57 PM, John Kacur wrote: > > Without this change, the install path is relative to > > prefix/DESTDIR > > where prefix is automatically set to $HOME > > > > This can produce unexpected results. For example > > > > make -C tools/perf DESTDIR=/home/jkacur/tmp install-man > > > > creates the directory: ? ? ? ? ?/home/jkacur/home/jkacur/tmp/share/... > > instead of ?the expected: ? ? ? /home/jkacur/tmp/share/... > > > > Signed-off-by: John Kacur > > --- > > ?tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile | ? ?4 +++- > > ?tools/perf/Makefile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ?4 +++- > > ?2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile > > index bdd3b7e..bd498d4 100644 > > --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile > > +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile > > @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ DOC_MAN1=$(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