Re: DESTDIR-enabled bootstrap + disabling USE_DESTDIR=no

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:04:40PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> writes:
> 
> > attached is a patch that switches bootstrap to use the normal
> > USE_DESTDIR=yes handling. It also bails out explicitly when later using
> > USE_DESTDIR=no. This is the last step before cleaning out the
> > infrastructure.
> 
> That sounds like a reasonable next step.  It seems too close to the
> branch to commit now; but immediately post freeze there would be plenty
> of time to fix any resulting issues - I'm not sure what you are
> proposing, or how many platforms you tested on.

That sounds like an excuse. It is reasonable well contained and now is
actually the best time to get people to try bootstrapping.

Joerg