Re: [Razor-users] Re: 2.61 install problem

[Matt K. <mke...@ev...>]

At 01:21 PM 10/25/2004, Tomasz Nowak wrote:
> > Perl isn't going to recognize perl libaries under /tmp.
>
>As far as I know perl recognizes perl libraries under @INC,
>and as far as I see there is no perl libraries under /tmp in @INC.
>Nevermind.

Bingo. And it would be unwise, from a security perspective, to allow perl 
to look there for libraries.

> > Quite frankly, the fact that you would consider installing software
> > in /tmp seem to be a fundamental misunderstanding of /tmp's purpose.
> > /tmp should (theoretically) be empty when the box is shut down. Some
> > admins go as far as to use ramdisks for /tmp to enforce this.
>
>Hm. Matt, have you ever heard about:
>a) the purpose of DESTDIR in make
>b) building software packages?

Yes I'm quite aware of DESTDIR's purpose and that it's commonly used in 
building packages. However, this doesn't negate my point of the use of /tmp.

You're trying to EXECUTE razor from that location, not just build a package 
out of it.

If you're just repackaging, that's one thing.. go for it. But don't expect 
any software to actually run when you dump it into a /tmp DESTDIR until 
it's been installed in it's proper location by the package.

If you need to test functionality, use "make test" prior to the make 
install with DESTDIR, then build your package. Don't try to run razor when 
it's not actually installed where it belongs or where any part of perl will 
understand what's going on.