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List:       openbox
Subject:    [openbox] How to make a distribution file?
From:       rees () umich ! edu (Jim Rees)
Date:       2012-07-19 13:00:33
Message-ID: 20120719130033.GA10950 () umich ! edu
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Ivan Sichmann Freitas wrote:

  On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 07:48:44PM -0400, Jim Rees wrote:
  > Is there some way I can make a tarball or other package of some kind that I
  > can then use to install openbox on another system?  I tried "make dist" but
  > it just made an empty tar file for me.
  > 
  > I also tried putting a fully built source tree on the target system and
  > doing "make install", which has worked for me in the past with other
  > packages, but it refuses to do anything if the build prerequisites aren't
  > there even if it doesn't have to build anything.
  
  I guess you should try creating an temporary directory and then
  installing in it setting the DESTDIR variable. E.g.,

Hey, that worked, thanks!  I should have remembered about DESTDIR.  I don't
muck with makefiles nearly as much as I used to.

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