Re: [Xen-devel] [XTF PATCH v3] Correct the usage of $(DESTDIR) and $(PREFIX)

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/07/16 11:14, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Andrew Cooper writes ("[XTF PATCH v3] Correct the usage of $(DESTDIR) and 
> $(PREFIX)"):
>> The GNU coding standards expect $(DESTDIR) to be the root of everything
>> installed, and for $(PREFIX) to then be added to the path.  This is not how
>> XTF previously behaved.
>>
>> XTF is not a typical package, and doesn't meet the usual semantics; it 
>> expects
>> to arrange all files in a single directory.  Drop the use of $(PREFIX)
>> entirely (to avoid the expectation that it behaves as $(prefix) usually
>> behaves) and introduce $(xtfdir) instead.
>>
>> $(DESTDIR) now works as intended for staged installes, and $(xtfdir) is the
>> single selected directy containing all installed content, typically expected
>> to be /opt/xtf or similar.
> The semantics you describe are sensible but I want to quibble with
> your example xtfdir value.  It is conventional for areas in /opt to
> contain the usual subdirs.
>
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES
>
>> The intended way to install XTF now:
>>   $ make install DESTDIR=/path/to/staging/area xtfdir=/opt/xtf
> So I think you should provide to a different example.  How about
> /local/scratch/xtf ?

Fine - I will adjust on commit.

~Andrew

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