#551 pmake install with custom DESTDIR fails

[Nick]

pmake installs fails with custom DESTDIR:

/tmp/elftoolchain-0.7.1# DESTDIR=/my/prefix pmake install
install ===> common
install    -c  -o root -g root -m 644  elfdefinitions.h /my/prefix/usr/include/elfdefinitions.h
install: cannot create regular file '/my/prefix/usr/include/elfdefinitions.h': No such file or directory
*** Error code 1

Stop.
pmake[1]: stopped in /tmp/elftoolchain-0.7.1/common
*** Error code 1

Stop.
pmake: stopped in /tmp/elftoolchain-0.7.1

My Dockerfile:

FROM ubuntu:14.04

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# development tools

RUN \
    apt-get update                                     && \
    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qyy  \
        autoconf                                  \
        automake                                  \
        build-essential                           \
        ca-certificates                           \
        clang                                     \
        cmake                                     \
        g++                                       \
        gawk                                      \
        gdb                                       \
        gfortran                                  \
        git                                       \
        libtool                                   \
        make                                      \
        openssl                                   \
        pkg-config                                \
        ssh                                       \
        subversion                                \
        wget

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# install fpm debian packager

RUN \
    cd /tmp/                                                           && \
    wget                                                          \
        https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/archive/v1.8.0.tar.gz \
        -O fpm.tar.gz                                                  && \
    tar xf fpm.tar.gz                                                  && \
    cd fpm*                                                            && \
    apt-get install ruby-dev  -qyy                                     && \
    gem install fpm                                                    && \
    cd /tmp/                                                           && \
    which fpm                                                          && \
    fpm --version

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# download elftools

RUN cd /tmp/                                                      && \
    wget "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/elftoolchain/Sources/elftoolchain-0.7.1/elftoolchain-0.7.1.tar.bz2?r=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Felftoolchain%2Ffiles%2FSources%2Felftoolchain-0.7.1%2F&ts=1496851894&use_mirror=svwh" \
        -O elftoolchain-0.7.1.tar.bz2

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# download the test tools package

RUN cd /tmp/                                                            && \
    wget http://tetworks.opengroup.org/downloads/38/software/Sources/3.8/tet3.8-src.tar.gz -O \
        tet3.8-src.tar.gz

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# install dev dependancies

RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qyy \
    bison \
    bmake \
    flex \
    libarchive-dev \
    libexpat1-dev \
    m4 \
    pmake \
    python \
    python-yaml \
    sharutils \
    zlib1g-dev

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# build elftools

RUN cd /tmp/                                                      && \
    tar xf elftool*.tar.bz2                                       && \
    cd elftool*                                                   && \
    tar xf /tmp/tet*.tar.gz -C test/tet                           && \
    pmake

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# the pmake DESTDIR install doesn't work!!!!!!!

#~RUN cd /tmp/elftool*                                              && \
#~    mkdir -p /opt/knupath/usr/include                             && \
#~    pmake DESTDIR=/opt/knupath install

[Joseph Koshy]

The make rules in /usr/share/mk/ expect that the DESTDIR hierarchy has been created aforehand, e.g. when a 'make installworld' is run in /usr/src.

This obviously won't work if a 'make install' is attemped without the hierarchy being in place, e.g., on GNU/Linux. A possible work-around could be to add a ".if make(install)" stanza to elftoolchain.{*}.mk which would create the relevant destination directories before doing the real install.