[Bug libc/12179] New: glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[Bug libc/12179] New: glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[adam at yorba dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12179

           Summary: glibc makefile should support DESTDIR
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.12
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper.fsp@gmail.com
        ReportedBy: adam@yorba.org


The glibc makefile does not support the standard DESTDIR mechanism defined by
the GNU coding standards:

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html

DESTDIR support would make life easier for glibc packagers.

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[Bug libc/12179] glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[drepper.fsp at gmail dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12179

Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2010-11-02 13:55:43 UTC ---
"You have to do more work so that my life is easier."

Right...  There is already an equivalent mechanism.  I'm not going to throw
everything away to follow some document which postdates the existing solution.

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[Bug libc/12179] glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[adam at yorba dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12179

--- Comment #2 from Adam Dingle <adam at yorba dot org> 2010-11-03 17:44:26 UTC ---
Aha, I see - the INSTALL file mentions an 'install_root' variable which has the
same purpose.  I hadn't noticed this.

Would you accept a patch to replace 'install_root' with 'DESTDIR' in the
interest of improved build system compatibility between packages?

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[Bug libc/12179] glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[drepper.fsp at gmail dot com]

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--- Comment #3 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2010-11-03 20:28:55 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Would you accept a patch to replace 'install_root' with 'DESTDIR' in the
> interest of improved build system compatibility between packages?

No.  Only a completely egotistical person would suggest that.  Just for your
benefit everyone else relying on install_root would have to change their
scripts.  That's not going to happen.  Live with it.

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[Bug libc/12179] glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[tschwinge at sourceware dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12179

Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge at sourceware dot org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |tschwinge at sourceware dot
                   |                            |org
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |FIXED
         AssignedTo|drepper.fsp at gmail dot    |roland at gnu dot org
                   |com                         |

--- Comment #4 from Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge at sourceware dot org> 2012-10-30 11:39:37 UTC ---
This has in fact been addressed:

    commit 751eb97ef2d281711f47fbef70b59b65f7bc6959
    Author: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
    Date:   Tue Jul 5 09:57:47 2011 -0700

        Default install_root value from DESTDIR.

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[Bug libc/12179] glibc makefile should support DESTDIR

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12179

Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

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