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Re: USE_DESTDIR



Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:18:25PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
>> On 11 December 2010 23:59, David Holland 
>> <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 08:14:26PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
>> > Â> - Default to DEPENDS_TARGET=package-install and
>> > Â> UPDATE_TARGET=package-install
>> >
>> > as pointed out already, this is wrong. (and we can't switch to
>> > USE_DESTDIR by default, btw, until someone fixes undo-replace. See PR
>> > 43689.)
>> 
>> I could be missing something very obvious here, apologies if so:
>> 
>> What about defaulting 'make replace' and 'make undo-replace' to unsetting
>> USE_DESTDIR? That could get everyone onto USE_DESTDIR by default.
>> I know its not ideal, but we've been blocked on enabling USE_DESTDIR
>> for a while now and this could be a solution, albeit not an ideal one.

I don't think one can flip USE_DESTDIR on a per-target basis, because
multiple targets change behavior in a coordinated manner.

> We could also just go ahead. If someone really cares about undo-replace,
> he/she can implement it.

Agreed.  I think it's pretty easy, too - just a pkg_add -D -U of the old
package.

FWIW I use make replace all the time, and have never worried about the
undo-replace target.


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