LFS - DESTDIR Style

[Dave Wheeler]

I agree w/ pretty much everything said below and would also like to
see a DESTDIR-branch.  I'd add the uninstall commands should also be
broken out into pre- and post- stages.  An example would be calling
pwunconv and grpunconv if you uninstall shadow - they need to be
executed before removing the shadow package.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Sukucorp Sukucorp <sukucorp at gmail.com> wrote:
> I most certainly would vote for a branch with the DESTDIR style of
> installation. I am already in the process creating a PM for my
> purposes. If somebody is interested, check out my scripts at
> <http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/downloads/>. They are
> still a WiP. I am planning to create an online presence for the PM at
> <http://ttpm.sarovar.org/>.
>
> Given that there are so many personal preferences, IMO including a PM
> in the book is not prudent. But what the book can probably include is
> to have commands to install the pkg into DESTDIR. A typical pkg page
> in the book would be as follows:
>   * Prepare Source commands
>   * Compile commands
>   * Test pkg commands
>   * Install pkg into DESTDIR commands
>   * Pre Relocation commands
>   * Post Relocation commands
>   * Uninstall commands.
>
> The general page that explains how to unpack the source would also
> include how to relocate the source from DESTDIR to /.
>
> Someone who does not want to use a package manager would just use the
> commands in the book as is and even without a PM, would get the
> following features:
> * Allow upgrade of libraries in use.
> * Ability to figure out what the package includes before installing it
> and to prevent relocation if something goes wrong during the
> installation.