[MacPorts] #56756: Build doesn't honor --bindir, --libexecdir, etc.
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#56756: Build doesn't honor --bindir, --libexecdir, etc.
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Reporter: ryandesign | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: base | Version: 2.5.2
Keywords: | Port:
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`./configure --help` advertises these standard autoconf flags:
{{{
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
[PREFIX]
}}}
{{{
--bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data
[PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include]
--oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
--datarootdir=DIR read-only arch.-independent data root
[PREFIX/share]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data
[DATAROOTDIR]
--infodir=DIR info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
--localedir=DIR locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]
--mandir=DIR man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
}}}
But the MacPorts build doesn't work correctly if these flags are set to
non-default values.
For example, if I specify `--prefix=/prefix --bindir=/prefix/bindir`, the
build doesn't have an error, but the directory /prefix/bindir is not
created, and the daemondo executable is installed as /prefix/bindir; all
other binaries are installed in /prefix/bin.
Or if I specify `--prefix=/prefix --libexecdir=/prefix/libexecdir`, then
the build fails with
{{{
chmod: ...vendor/vendor-destroot/prefix/libexec/macports/lib/tcllib*: No
such file or directory
make[1]: *** [destroot-tcllib] Error 1
}}}
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56756>
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