[Bug translator/6925] New: make roland happy

["fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>]

See http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2008-q3/msg00809.html

I see a few separate issues:

* running stap without a make install
  We could help by having the Makefile print out instructions
  about how to use stap from the build tree (for a make all)
  or the install tree (for a make install):

  % make
    [...]
    We recommend you "make install", but if you wish, you may
    run systemtap out of this build tree using these environment
    variables:
    env SYSTEMTAP_RUNTIME=......  

  % make install
    [...]
    We commend you upon your wise decision to install systemtap.
    You just need $prefix/bin in your $PATH and you're ready to enjoy.

  Yeah, the man page could help too.

* stap -r /BUILD/TREE should work better
  This is bug #5892, with some extras.  q.v.

* make verbosity a pass-dependent thing
  I don't know off-hand what to do ... maybe extend the "-p NUM"
  syntax to add an associated verbosity level for the duration.

* let stap find staprun and stapio in $PATH too
  The solution would be to extend $PATH with $prefix/libexec,
  or stat and execvp if $execdir/.../stap{run,io} don't exist.

* make staprun clean up before & after itself better w.r.t.
  loaded modules if something with stapio goes wrong

-- 
           Summary: make roland happy
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: translator
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: fche at redhat dot com
 BugsThisDependsOn: 5892


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6925

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