Re: [AC] [PACKAGES] More package build fixing.
|--==> "BW" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
BW> ok, in this case you have reverted a change i explicitly made.
BW> in such cases i think you should wait before auto-committing.
Sorry.
BW> i also thought that `make install' should not build by default,
BW> which is wrong.
That's correct, 'make install' not building by default is wrong. See
(Info-goto-node "(standards)Standard Targets"), in particular,
,----
| `install'
| Compile the program and copy the executables, libraries, and so on
| to the file names where they should reside for actual use. If
| there is a simple test to verify that a program is properly
| installed, this target should run that test.
`----
"Compile the program and copy..." suggests to me that the 'install'
target should build anything first, if required.
BW> you should add a target like `install-only' if you make this
BW> change
I have no objection to having a 'install-only' target, but
interestingly, that info node I mentioned above doesn't say anything
about 'install' targets that just install and don't build.
BTW, do you want "install-only" or "just-install"? Maybe I should
just pick one as the real target and make the other an alias to it?
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