[vlc-devel] VLC make - prefix and exec-prefix being ignored..

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:45:29 -0800 (PST), Peter Tap <ptrtap at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> In my custom build for VLC 2.0.4, here is how I configure it:
> 
> $ cd
> $ mkdir MyVLC
> $ cd ~/vlc
> $ ./configure \
>   --prefix=$HOME/MyVLC \
>   ...
> 
> $ make
> 
> This would generate proper directory structure under ~/MyVLC and copy
all
> the binaries.

No, it would not.

> Now, I am moving my build to VLC 2.1.2. I noticed that configuration now
> supports another parameter called exec-prefix. Here is my new script:
> 
> $ cd
> $ mkdir MyVLC
> $ cd ~/vlc
> $ ./configure \
>   --prefix=$HOME/MyVLC \
>   --exec-prefix=$HOME/MyVLC \
>   ...
> 
> $ make > make.err 2>&1
> 
> VLC is built as expected. However, files are not getting copied to
> ~/MyVLC/bin, ~/MyVLC/lib, etc.

That is the expected behaviour. make [all] does not install anything.

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