Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 12:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/18569: tool source not installed Message-ID: <200005171940.MAA81853@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/18569; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/18569: tool source not installed Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 12:29:51 -0700 Doug Barton wrote: > > > > But you do need the tools source if you want to do a 'make world', > > I stand corrected. src/tools/install.sh is indeed called by > Makefile.inc1. My understanding is that the stuff in the tools directory > should never be mandatory, so Marcel, could you take a look at this? I > of course may be wrong about this too. :) I don't know anything about the "non-mandatory status" of the tools subdirectory. Can you give me a pointer? The purpose of install.sh is to allow non-root builds. It only filters some arguments that prevent non-root builds. You can therefore safely override using install.sh by defining INSTALL in /etc/make.conf (eg: INSTALL=/usr/bin/install). You may need to undefine it first, but I haven't verified that... HTH, -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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