Re: gettext

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden writes:
> > if `make install' recompiles (or even compiles something) the
> > program it is violating the GCS (GNU Coding Standards).
> 
> "make install" relinks some shared libraries for installation; it can
> be argued that this violates the GNU Coding Standards but the fix
> would require deep changes in libtool, and on some operating systems
> it wouldn't work at all.

That is an obvious violation of the GCS, why wouldn't this work on
some operating systems?

> > > The recommended way (recommended by the GNU standards) is through the
> > > DESTDIR variable. Like this:
> > 
> > The GCS does not recommend anything like that ...  DESTDIR is an optional
> > variable according to the GCS.
> 
> The mere mention of DESTDIR in the GNU Coding Standards amounts to a
> recommendation.

That doesn't make any sense at all as it clearly states that it is an
optionally variable.  To quote (standards)Command Variables:

Optionally, you may prepend the value of `DESTDIR' to the target
filename.  Doing this allows the installer to create a snapshot of the
installation to be copied onto the real target file system later.  Do
not set the value of `DESTDIR' in your Makefile, and do not include it
in any installed files.

Cheers,
-- 
Alfred M. Szmidt