On Fri, July 13, 2007 5:16 pm, Charles Wilson wrote: > John Morrison wrote: > >> I assume that at this point I need to edit the .cygport script and >> change >> how the src_install() function works, but I'm at a loss and I can't find >> sufficient information at a dumb enough level for me to work it out. >> >> Can anyone help? Sorry about the long post. > > I suspect that the units package does not support ${DESTDIR} > installation. Try: > > USE_DESTDIR=0 > src_install() { > cd ${B} > cyginstall > > make_etc_defaults /etc/cygport.conf > }
No go... $ cygport units-1.86-1 install >>> Installing units-1.86-1 /home/John/units-1.86-1/src/units-1.86/mkinstalldirs /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/man/man1 /home/John/units-1.86-1/src/units-1.86/mkinstalldirs /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/info mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr': File exists mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share': File exists mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/info mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/man make: *** [/home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/info/units.info] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... mkdir /home/John/units-1.86-1/inst/usr/share/man/man1 make: *** [install-man] Error 1 *** ERROR: make install No-DESTDIR failed Thanks... any other ideas? J. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/