[Fedora-packaging] %makeinstall - must not or should not use it?

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 12:02 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 12:02 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> > >>>>> "TK" == Toshio Kuratomi <toshio at tiki-lounge.com> writes:
> > 
> > TK> Does this make more sense?
> > 
> > Absolutely.  Count this as a +1 for that wording if someone wants to
> > vote on the list.
> > 
> Great!  List voting would be perfect for little clarifications like
> this.  I've removed the "broken" from the text but otherwise left this
> the same.  If we can get six packaging committee members to vote +1 on
> it, I'll put it into ratify.
> 
> "Fedora's RPM includes a %makeinstall macro but it must NOT be used when
> make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} will work.  %makeinstall is a kludge
> that can work with Makefiles that don't make use of the DESTDIR variable
> but it has the following potential issues:"

+1 to that.

~spot
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