Subject: Re: sysinst, menuc & msgc and DESTDIR builds
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-install
Date: 10/23/2000 16:38:28
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

:  > It seems the old menuc and msgc files are picked up when doing a DESTDIR
:  > build. Any objections to compile the patch below?
: 
: Yes.  You can't run DESTDIR's menuc(1), because you might be
: cross-compiling.

I was going to say the same thing, but then:

:  > -MENUC?=menuc
:  > -MSGC?=msgc
:  > +MENUC?=        MENUDEF=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/misc ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/menuc
:  > +MSGC?= MSGDEF=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/misc  ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/msgc

these use ?='s, which should be somewhat acceptable.  Ideally, this should
use HOST_MENUC and HOST_MSGC, but the cross build toolchain is still
somewhat cobbled and unfinished.

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