err like how to stop install

Mr Green · 2005-03-15 11:45:00

The package I'm making uses

make install

then it just installs everthing....

from within a PKGBUILD how do I create a pkg ...

without it installing ......(in build) ?

Thanks in Advance

:?

Snowman · 2005-03-15 16:35:09

I don't know if I understood correctly. Try:

make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install

ravster · 2005-03-15 17:18:20

and always make packages as a normal user.

Dusty · 2005-03-15 17:27:54

In the best case, you can use Snowman's line. In the worst, you'll have to patch or sed the makefile to change the destination directory, possibly in multiple places if the person who made the makefile didn't know much about their syntax.

Dusty

Mr Green · 2005-03-15 18:58:16

Yes I have snowmans line in PKGBUILD

I'll look at another way to build it ...

Thanks

Snowman · 2005-03-15 21:08:24

If DESTDIR doesn't work, try using prefix or PREFIX instead. Look at the Makefile to see what is it using or if there are hard-coded paths.

dtw · 2005-03-16 11:48:06

i never build as anything other than root - it always gives me permissions problems - i'd rather be root and and fix my rare fuck ups

Snowman · 2005-03-16 17:17:31

dibblethewrecker wrote:

i never build as anything other than root - it always gives me permissions problems - i'd rather be root and and fix my rare fuck ups

If you get permission problems, it means that it puts files directly in the system instead of putting them in the package. The packages is likely broken (missing files). And you get get orphaned files laying around or overwritten files. Personnally I always build as user. These "permissions problems" tell me how to change the PKGBUILD to get a working packages.

phrakture · 2005-03-16 17:20:11

Snowman wrote:

dibblethewrecker wrote:
i never build as anything other than root - it always gives me permissions problems - i'd rather be root and and fix my rare fuck ups
If you get permission problems, it means that it puts files directly in the system instead of putting them in the package. The packages is likely broken (missing files). And you get get orphaned files laying around or overwritten files. Personnally I always build as user. These "permissions problems" tell me how to change the PKGBUILD to get a working packages.

I'll second that... when my "makepkg" command spits out "cannot access /etc" I know something is borked

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#1 2005-03-15 11:45:00

err like how to stop install

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