Re: Re: Beta2 ... ?

Lamar Owen writes:

> > Hmm, are you using 'make install DESTDIR=/random/place'?
> > Given that it's not documented it's unlikely that you are. But do start
> > using it.
>
> Enlighten me. DESTDIR does?

It installs files at a different place than where they will eventually
reside. E.g., if your --prefix is /usr/local and DESTDIR=/var/tmp/foo
then the files will end up in /var/tmp/foo/usr/local. This is exactly for
package management type applications.

> Currently, my install lines look like:
> make POSTGRESDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr -C src
> install
> make POSTGRESDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr -C
> src/interface
> s/perl5 install

Then it's not surprising that things don't work since neither POSTGRESDIR
nor PREFIX are used anywhere in PostgreSQL makefiles.

> So, I would put something like:
> make POSTGRESDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr
> DESTDIR=/usr -C src install
> ???

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/postgresql-'$(VERSION)' \
--mandir=/usr/share/man \
...other options...
make all
make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT

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