packaging and config params

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Kevin Broderick <gnucash at kevinbroderick.com>:

>
> On 5 Oct 2006, at 1:38 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> Quoting Dave Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>:
>>> [CHOMP]
>>> At this point, the overrides directory gets installed in
>>> /sw/lib/gnucash/ instead of the being maintained in the usual
>>> location of a make (provided I'm understanding what all "fink build
>>> gnucash" is supposed to accomplish -- vs. "fink install gnucash")
>>
>> Um..  "make" should never touch /sw -- it shouldn't "install"  anything.
>> Only "make install" should.  If "make" is actually touching the
>> install tree it's a MAJOR bug, but I doubt that's what's going on.
>> More likely you're not conveying to me the fink process and it's
>> actually doing a "make install"..
>
> Not exactly.  See the fink build process description at <http:// 
> fink.sourceforge.net/doc/packaging/reference.php?phpLang=en#build>
>
> (Which, AFAIK, should be correct; however, I've never tried packaging 
>  anything for fink, so AFAIK may not get you very far.)

Ummm..  After reading this page I'm still convinced I'm right, and indeed
the first section implies that, yes, it IS exactly..  The "compile phase"
is where you run the configure script and then run "make".  This part
should not touch anything in /sw (well... it'll touch the fink builddir:
/sw/src/fink.build/gnucash-2.0.1-1 but that really doesn't count).

Then inthe "install phase" it should only touch the temporary install dir:
/sw/src/fink.build/root-gnucash-2.0.1-1/sw/

>>>> make install DESTDIR=/path/to/tempspace
>>>
>>> this might also be a problem, but at least I can ask a better
>>> question over in the fink lists.
>>
>> Perhaps I don't understand fink.  Doesn't fink build a .deb and then
>> install the .deb?
>
> That is correct.  Fink supports both install from source and install  
> from binary; in the case of the former, it builds a DEB locally and  
> then installs it.  However, there is an install process during the  
> build process that differs from the install step following the build  
> process (according to the aforementioned fink docs).

What?  "install step during the build process" and "install step
following the build process"??  That makes no sence to me.  Perhaps
what you mean is that there is the "make install" during the build process,
and then "dpkg install" to install the binary package, and that those two
steps differ?

> --Kevin
> (who may or may not be correct in assuming that the fink docs are at  
> least close to correct)

-derek
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