Re: building unix installer outside normal tree

it's a known problem.  see bug 
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162079

David Fraser wrote:

> I'm trying to build a installer for Linux, following 
> http://www.mozilla.org/build/distribution.html
>
> I'm building outside the normal tree:
> mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@
> so the build tree is in mozilla/obj-i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> I can package the build as a tarball fine, since 
> mozilla/obj-i686-pc-linux-gnu/xpinstall/packager contains a Makefile 
> that does that.
>
> But trying to build an installer by running perl deliver.pl in 
> mozilla/xpinstall/packager/unix/ fails:
> [root@scir unix]# perl deliver.pl
> --- deliver.pl: couldn't cp cause 
> /share/mozilla/src/mozilla/xpinstall/wizard/unix/src2/mozilla-installer-bin 
> doesn't exist: No such file or directory at deliver.pl line 180.
>
> Is it possible to do this with a build in a subdirectory or am I 
> correct in guessing that these tools assume the build is in the 
> standard location?
>
> Regards
> David
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