Re: openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldUserland - env DESTDIR="" make build

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:22:11AM +0200, MERIGHI Marcus wrote:
> Hello www@ (nick?), 
> 
> under 5.3.5 (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldUserland), 
> it says 
> <bullet> Build the system:
> # cd /usr/src
> # make build
> 
> and should read
> <bullet> Build the system:
> # cd /usr/src
> # env DESTDIR="" make build
> 
> according to my experience. I created a script to run cvs/build/release
> and had 
> # export DESTDIR="/usr/dest" right at the top, which leads to the above
> "make build" to fail. I have no idea whether DESTDIR="" is correct, but
> make build works this way (again).
> 
> the use of env DESTDIR is documented only for the release process, in
> faq5 as well as in release(8). 
> 
> the only hint would be 
> # cd /usr/src/etc && env DESTDIR=/ make distrib-dirs
> which could lead the considerate reader (apparently not me :) to
> recognise its use in the userland build process. 

The FAQ does not direct you to set DESTDIR to anything; if you leave it
unset, everything works fine.

I see no need to put this in the FAQ - there are plenty of environment
variables that, if messed with, can completely mess up the build. (E.g.
PATH, LD_PRELOAD, ...)

In short, don't do that.

		Joachim

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