[xen-tools-discuss] Re: Some Problems building a checkout on an ubuntu system

[Steve Kemp]

On Thu Jan 01, 2009 at 23:24:32 +0100, Simon H?rlimann wrote:

> I'm trying to build the current sources from the mercurial repository.

  
> The mercurial repository contains no 'man' directory, probably as it's
> empty anyway.

  Yes, should be created via "make dist", I think.  Or make install.

> The 'release' target wants to use a directory under $TMP. When this
> variable isn't set, then it tries to install somewhere below /:

  Indeed, thats a sloppy bug.

  Rationale is that only I am "allowed" to make a new release,
 and I have TMP setup always - so it works.

> +TMP        ?= /tmp

  Looks good.

> Not knowing anymore if Debian systems have a TMP variable by default, I
> checked mktemp(1) and tempfile(1): they both support TMPDIR, so maybe
> using that one would make sense, too...

  Possibly - but your change is good enough.

  I'm still "on holiday", but there will be a new release in the next
 few days.

> Well, that's it for now;-) Thanx for this nice peace of software!

  :)

Steve
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