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

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 14:39 +0530, Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
> hi,
> On 8/21/06, Toshio Kuratomi <toshio at tiki-lounge.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 11:18 +0300, Ville Skyttä wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 12:02 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> > >
> > > > "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
> >
> > With my +1, that's six.
> >
> 
> So can i say in other words that if applications built using say GTK
> application built using glade which automatically creates Makefiles
> must use always
> make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
> and not %makeinstall

If "make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}" or "make install DESTDIR=
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" (depending on your preference) works, then you MUST use
it. Only in those cases where it does not work can you then try %
makeinstall.

~spot
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