"make install" modifies the source directory.

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#1933 (status was 'resolved')

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From @Abigail

I usually build Perl as a normal user, but have a different user that
owns the installed files, a user not equal to root. That's the user
I run 'make install' as.

It turns out that if you build Perl as one user, then run 'make install'
as another - the installation isn't complete (unless you are root, or
have enough write permission). However, you will only notice it if you
monitor what's scrolling by rapidly - no error is reported.

make install will manify the README.* files, by first making a symbolic
link in the pod directory to the README.* files, then creating a program
'extra.pods' in the build directory. Both actions require write permission.

I think it would be more appropriate if one of the following was done​:
  - 'make' creates the symbolic links and the program 'extra.pods'.
  - The symbolic links and 'extra.pods' are created in /tmp, or some
  other place with write permission.
  - 'make install' should tell *at the end* what has failed, not bury
  an error message in several thousands of lines of output.

Abigail

Perl Info

Site configuration information for perl 5.00563:

Configured by abigail at Wed Dec 22 17:25:59 EST 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 5 subversion 63) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.2.13, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux alexandra 2.2.13 #2 wed nov 3 12:57:15 est 1999 i686 unknown '
    config_args='-d -Dprefix=/opt/devperl -Uinstallusrbinperl -Doptimize=-g'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
    use64bits=undef usemultiplicity=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.95.2 19991024 (release)
    cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=/lib/libc-2.1.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00563:
    /home/abigail/Perl
    /home/abigail/Sybase
    /opt/devperl/lib/5.00563/i686-linux
    /opt/devperl/lib/5.00563
    /opt/devperl/lib/site_perl/5.00563/i686-linux
    /opt/devperl/lib/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl 5.00563:
    HOME=/home/abigail
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/abigail/Lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/abigail/Bin:/opt/perl/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/X11/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/povray/bin:/opt/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu
    PERL5LIB=/home/abigail/Perl:/home/abigail/Sybase
    PERLDIR=/opt/perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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From @gsar

On 23 Dec 1999 09​:14​:03 GMT, abigail@​delanet.com wrote​:

I think it would be more appropriate if one of the following was done​:
- 'make' creates the symbolic links and the program 'extra.pods'.
- The symbolic links and 'extra.pods' are created in /tmp, or some
other place with write permission.
- 'make install' should tell *at the end* what has failed, not bury
an error message in several thousands of lines of output.

Please try this.

Sarathy
gsar@​ActiveState.com

Inline Patch

-----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------
Change 4712 by gsar@auger on 1999/12/28 02:30:55

	avoid creating new files during make install

Affected files ...

... //depot/perl/Makefile.SH#92 edit

Differences ...

==== //depot/perl/Makefile.SH#92 (text) ====
Index: perl/Makefile.SH
--- perl/Makefile.SH.~1~	Wed Jan  5 10:55:41 2000
+++ perl/Makefile.SH	Wed Jan  5 10:55:41 2000
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 .c$(OBJ_EXT):
 	$(CCCMD) $(PLDLFLAGS) $*.c
 
-all: $(FIRSTMAKEFILE) miniperl $(private) $(public) $(dynamic_ext) $(nonxs_ext)
+all: $(FIRSTMAKEFILE) miniperl extra.pods $(private) $(public) $(dynamic_ext) $(nonxs_ext)
 	@echo " ";
 	@echo "	Everything is up to date. 'make test' to run test suite."
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 $(plextract):	miniperl lib/Config.pm lib/re.pm
 	$(LDLIBPTH) ./miniperl -Ilib $@.PL
 
-extra.pods: perl
+extra.pods: miniperl
 	-@test -f extra.pods && rm -f `cat extra.pods`
 	-@rm -f extra.pods
 	-@for x in `grep -l '^=[a-z]' README.*` ; do \
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
 
 install: all install.perl install.man
 
-install.perl:	all extra.pods installperl
+install.perl:	all installperl
 	if [ -n "$(COMPILE)" ]; \
 	then \
 		cd utils; $(MAKE) compile; \
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 	fi
 	$(LDLIBPTH) ./perl installperl
 
-install.man:	all extra.pods installman
+install.man:	all installman
 	$(LDLIBPTH) ./perl installman
 
 # XXX Experimental. Hardwired values, but useful for testing.
End of Patch.