Re: Possible change in quick-start-pkg?

Le 16 juil. 2004, à 8:48, Martin Costabel a écrit :

> Michèle Garoche wrote:
>
>> In section Validate, 4th paragraph, it is stated:
>> <p>
>> Watch the output of the build process carefully for errors or 
>> warnings.
>> Especially make sure that everything is installed into the build 
>> directory
>> (which is located at <tt>/sw/src/root-packagename-%v-%r/sw</tt>) from 
>> where
>> fink builds the binary package. Nothing should be installed directly 
>> into
>> <tt>/sw</tt>.
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> If you use the <tt>--keep-build-dir</tt> or <tt>-k</tt> option to 
>> fink, it will
>> keep the build directory. This is where fink expands the downloaded 
>> source and
>> where the package gets built. This might help if you need to debug 
>> the build
>> process. Type <tt>man fink</tt> for details.
>> </p>
>> Woud it be possible to rename the build directory in the second 
>> paragraph to compile directory, to avoid confusion with the so-called 
>> build directory in the first paragraph?
>> And eventually introduce the -K option to keep this so-called build 
>> directory of the first paragraph?
>
> To be consistent with other uses, the "second" build directory should 
> keep its name "build directory". The "first" build directory should be 
> named "root directory" as in the fink option "-K, --keep-root-dir", or 
> "destination directory" as in the percent expansion documentation "%d
> the destination directory". Or maybe "installation root directory"?
Yes, sounds better, as in the Packaging manual, destination directory. 
I've searched for it, but my eyes were likely tired, because I did not 
find it, thanks Martin.


Michèle
<http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>