[csw-devel] SF.net SVN: gar:[15232] csw/mgar/pkg

[Maciej Bliziński]

2011/8/1 Kester Habermann <kester at opencsw.org>:
> Hi Maciej,
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:58:12AM +0100, Maciej Blizi??ski wrote:
>> > +install-custom:
>> > +       ( TCL_INSTDIR=$(DESTDIR)/opt/csw/lib/tcl`echo 'puts $$tcl_version'
>> | /opt/csw/bin/tclsh`/$(NAME)$(VERSION) ;\
>>
>> If you use $(bindir) instead of /opt/csw/bin, you avoid hardcoding /opt/csw.
>> This way, you make it easier to build this package in a different prefix.
>
> Thanks for the hints again. Before I coded this, I actually looked for a GAR
> variable that held the installation prefix (/opt/csw/), but I could not find one.
> The $(bindir) only gives /opt/csw/bin. Is there also something for /opt/csw/lib/?
> In same cases the generic one for /opt/csw/ would also be useful.

The variable that holds /opt/csw is $(prefix). Ideally, you would set
that variable to something else such as /usr/local, and build into
that prefix. For bits like /opt/csw/lib/tcl, I often use
$(libdir)/tcl.

I hope this helps!

Maciej