[Buildroot] [PATCH] dependencies: ensure that DESTDIR isn't set when running Buildroot

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Sat Jun 30 12:53:42 UTC 2012


On 06/29/12 12:14, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Having DESTDIR set in the environment before running Buildroot creates
> some funky problems in the build process. Prevent users from running
> into this kind of troubles.
>
> Cc: Michael Opdenacker<michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>   support/dependencies/dependencies.sh |    6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
> index c47ffcf..43ec3cc 100755
> --- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
> +++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
> @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ if test -n "$PERL_MM_OPT" ; then
>       exit 1
>   fi
>
> +if test -n "$DESTDIR" ; then
> +    /bin/echo -e "\nYou have the DESTDIR environment variable set. Please"
> +    /bin/echo -e "unset it so that Buildroot can work properly."
> +    exit 1
> +fi

  Why not just override and export DESTDIR from the top-level Makefile?

  Regards,
  Arnout

> +
>   # Verify that which is installed
>   if ! which which>  /dev/null ; then
>   	/bin/echo -e "\nYou must install 'which' on your build machine\n";

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