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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kde build script extra advanced
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date:       2000-04-30 21:08:55
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David Faure wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 10:10:22PM +0200, Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 10:01:46PM +0200, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, I rewrote the kde-build script because it just took me far toooo long
> > > > to make kde.
> > > >
> > > > Main problem is that if you make install kdelibs lots of stuff in kdebase is
> > > > recompiled. So I only do a make install if something has changed in that directory..
> > >
> > > export INSTALL='/usr/bin/install -p' does the same ;-)
> >
> > AAAARGH, why is that not standard. it took me an hour to write this..
> >
> See my previous post on the subject. It is not done by default because
> not all the "install" programs support it. The shipped one
> (install-sh) doesn't AFAIK (or maybe it does, but it's not used when
> there is a system install, probably because install-sh is slower),
> and the BSD one doesn't either.
> So the only thing we could do would be to test the 'install' program, if
> one was found, to see if it supports -p. But I don't know how this is
> feasible - testing for 'install' is mostly built-in in autoconf...
> Let's ask our experts : Michael ? Stephan ? :)
Well, like the post about install-strip shows, we have to work after the
autoconf one anyway ;(
But for the implementation, I'm afraid I will have to give away the
torch.
> 
> IMHO this is something autoconf should do by itself. But well, it doesn't.
> Feel free to mail the autoconf people...
> 
... the GNU ones! ;-)

Greetings, Stephan

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