On 24.10.2015 02:17, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: Hi,
>> Patches should be documented by a header as described at >> http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/. For example: >> >> Description: explain here why ${prefix} >> must replace @prefix@, I did not manage to guess it, >> and Sebastian may be interested. > > As far as I can tell, those are equivalent. (In fact, I've been thinking > about > throwing out one of these mechanisms, then opted for the conservative solution > for now.) Is there a problem that needs fixing? > In debian/rules I'm calling: install: build <snip> $(MAKE) install prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/rubber/usr ..to install the files into a temporary directory to build the package. In case we have @prefix@ in Makefile.in the variable is expanded during creation of Makefile and now reads "/usr". Hence debian/rules tries to install to /usr, which of course fails. Hilmar -- http://www.hilmar-preusse.de.vu/ #206401 http://counter.li.org
