[Bacula-bugs] [bacula 0001057]: configure script does not respect --prefix for manpages

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The following issue has been REOPENED. 
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http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1057 
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Reported By:                lamber45
Assigned To:                Dan Langille
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Project:                    bacula
Issue ID:                   1057
Category:                   configure/build process
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             02-20-2008 13:03 UTC
Last Modified:              02-23-2008 12:05 UTC
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Summary:                    configure script does not respect --prefix for
manpages
Description: 
After doing 

$ ./configure --with-db-name=bacula --with-db-user=$USER
--with-dir-user=$USER --with-sd-user=$USER --with-fd-user=$USER
--prefix=$HOME/apps/bacula-2.2 --with-postgresql=/usr
$ make
$ make install

in an unprivileged account,  the install script gives a bunch of errors
like:
 
/usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/share/man/man8/bacula.8.gz':
Permission denied
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
`/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-dir.8.gz': Permission denied
/usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-fd.8.gz':
Permission denied

and the manpages are not installed.

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 Dan Langille - 02-20-08 13:31  
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Reproduced here:

/home/dan/src/tmp/bacula-2.2/autoconf/mkinstalldirs //usr/share/man/man8
for I in bacula.8 bacula-dir.8 bacula-fd.8 bacula-sd.8  bconsole.8 bcopy.8
bextract.8 bls.8 bscan.8 btape.8  btraceback.8 dbcheck.8;  do (/bin/rm -f
$I.gz; gzip -c $I >$I.gz;  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $I.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/$I.gz;  rm -f $I.gz);  done
install: /usr/share/man/man8/bacula.8.gz: Permission denied
*** Error code 71

Stop in /usr/home/dan/src/tmp/bacula-2.2/manpages.
*** Error code 1

Kern: I'll look at this one. 

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 Dan Langille - 02-20-08 14:48  
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http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Installing_Bacula.html#SECTION0010100000000000000000
shows:

--mandir=<path>

Not a bug.

FYI: We recommend checking first with the users@ mailing to ensure that
the problem is not one of misunderstanding. This issue is a configuration
error. 

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 Dan Langille - 02-20-08 14:51  
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Nothing to do here.  Issue is resolved via --mandir=<path> 

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 lamber45 - 02-23-08 12:05  
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OK,  it could be viewed as a documentation bug instead.  The documentation
says:

  "Note, many other options are presented when you do a ./configure
--help, but they are not implemented."

and "--prefix" does not appear in that list.  That statement is incorrect
because "--prefix" is implemented (it affects the location of everything
else);  it just doesn't affect the location of manual-pages. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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02-20-08 13:03  lamber45       New Issue                                    
02-20-08 13:31  Dan Langille   Note Added: 0003159                          
02-20-08 13:32  Dan Langille   Assigned To               => Dan Langille    
02-20-08 13:32  Dan Langille   Status                   new => assigned     
02-20-08 14:48  Dan Langille   Note Added: 0003160                          
02-20-08 14:49  Dan Langille   Resolution               open => not a bug   
02-20-08 14:51  Dan Langille   Status                   assigned => closed  
02-20-08 14:51  Dan Langille   Note Added: 0003161                          
02-23-08 12:05  lamber45       Status                   closed => feedback  
02-23-08 12:05  lamber45       Resolution               not a bug => reopened
02-23-08 12:05  lamber45       Note Added: 0003166                          
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