predict and audit "make install"

John Reiser jreiser@BitWagon.com
Mon Feb 19 14:27:00 GMT 2001


Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> 
> John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm looking for a two-step install:
> >   1.  Create a list of what to do, but do not do any of it yet.
> >   2.  Do it.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > What exists along these lines?
> 
> Nothing exists along these lines.
> 
> The binutils installation rules all come from automake.
   [snip]

Therefore, an indirect method is [assuming disk space]
	make DESTDIR=/tmp/foo install

and then look in /tmp/foo.  It would be nice to have a comment
in the top-level Makefile*, README, or configure* to the effect
that "binutils uses automake".  Thank you for helping today.

-- 
John Reiser, jreiser@BitWagon.com



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