Subject: Re: how to install when DESTDIR != / ?
To: Ronald van der Pol <Ronald.vanderPol@rvdp.org>
From: None <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/05/2002 17:25:30
* Ronald van der Pol <Ronald.vanderPol@rvdp.org> [020705 16:08]:
> Until now I have always "build.sh" with DESTDIR=/ . I have now
> set DESTDIR to another directory. But I cannot find what the
> preferred way is to install this build into / . Is there some
> kind of "make install"? Could somebody give me the recipe for
> upgrading from sources with DESTDIR != / ?

Just buid again without DESTDIR set?
If you pass build.sh the '-u' flag, it won't clean the tree before
installing - plus I think some things like postinstall don't
run if DESTDIR is set, even if it's '/'.

> I am familiar with the FreeBSD "make buildworld; make installworld"
> and I quite like that.

Me too - this is about the closest I've found.

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