Bug #2954 for ExtUtils-MakeMaker: DESTDIR duplicated when PREFIX set. Also DESTDIR in perllocal.pod and .packlist.

Mon Jul 14 22:27:19 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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DESTDIR duplicated when PREFIX set. Also DESTDIR in perllocal.pod and .packlist.

DESTDIR is being added twice when a PREFIX is given. But there is a deeper problem. The GNU make docs suggest that the destdir should not show up in any installed files. Due to the simplistic way I'm introducing DESTDIR as part of the prefixes, DESTDIR shows up in both perllocal.pod and the .packlists. I think I'm doing to have to make only the pure_*_install and doc_*_install targets aware of DESTDIR so they do not include them in perllocal.pod or .packlist. This was found as Redhat bug #91892 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91892

Mon Jul 14 22:28:34 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Requestor enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de added

Mon Jul 14 22:28:34 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Requestor dkl@redhat.com added

Mon Jul 21 20:35:31 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'resolved'

Mon Jul 21 20:35:31 2003 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

[MSCHWERN - Mon Jul 14 22:27:19 2003]: Show quoted text

> DESTDIR is being added twice when a PREFIX is given. But there is a > deeper problem.

I've fixed this issue in the latest snapshot on makemaker.org. 6.10_08 will be out shortly. Show quoted text

> The GNU make docs suggest that the destdir should not show up in any > installed files. Due to the > simplistic way I'm introducing DESTDIR as part of the prefixes, > DESTDIR shows up in both > perllocal.pod and the .packlists. > > I think I'm doing to have to make only the pure_*_install and > doc_*_install targets aware of > DESTDIR so they do not include them in perllocal.pod or .packlist.

I've done this, but due to the way the installations are done it is difficult to seperate the installation from the .packlist writing. So while the DESTDIR no longer shows up in perllocal.pod it does still appear in .packlist. I will hold off fixing this until after perl 5.8.1 because it requires tearing apart too much of the installation system. I'm going to resolve this bug and open a new one for the DESTDIR and .packlist issue.