Re: [Cgdb-devel] cgdb 0.4.2 build problem

[Bob R. <bo...@br...>]

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 01:57:48PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote:
> hi everyone,
>=20
> i had a problem with the cgdb build that bites the debian autobuilders.
> i patched my way around it, but i think this should be fixed in the long
> run
>=20
> here we go: the cgdb ./configure supports a DESTDIR with which each
> installation path is prefixed. so if you would like to install cgdb in
> your home dir because you are not root on a box you could do so. we use
> that mechanism in debian to build the packages. cgdb uses a top_srcdir
> in most makefiles, which is fine. but it uses that top_srcdir when
> installing a "progs" folder and contents. i don't think is's a good idea
> to install anything into the source directory, but if then you should
> not use DESTDIR with it. anyway, if you want to try this just=20
>=20
> export DESTDIR=3D/tmp
> ./configure
> make install

Yeah, it should probably write the progs directory to the place were you
are building from. I'll try to get some time to figure out how that
works. Although with the auto tools, it's always a mystery to me.

Thanks,
Bob Rossi