From 6089f405f74aa38dd5e6eafbfb0bc593a57d16e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bercot Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:05:10 +0000 Subject: Better documentation for --enable-slashpackage --- INSTALL | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 3fd399b..17c672b 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -115,8 +115,22 @@ absolute pathnames. skarnet.org packages support it: use the --enable-slashpackage=DIR for a prefixed DIR/package tree. This option will activate slashpackage support during the build and set slashpackage-compatible installation directories. -Other options setting individual installation directories will be -ignored. +If $package_home is the home of the package, defined as +DIR/package/$category/$package-$version with the variables +read from the package/info file, then: + + --dynlibdir is set to $package_home/library.so + --bindir is set to $package_home/command + --sbindir is also set to $package_home/command (slashpackage +differentiates root-only binaries by their Unix rights, not their +location in the filesystem) + --libexecdir is also set to $package_home/command (slashpackage +does not need a specific directory for internal binaries) + --libdir is set to $package_home/library + --includedir is set to $package_home/include + + --prefix is pretty much ignored when you use --enable-slashpackage. +You should probably not use both --enable-slashpackage and --prefix. When using slashpackage, two additional Makefile targets are available after "make install": -- cgit v1.2.3