make install && --prefix issue

[ktrzeciaknubisa]

There is a problem I'm having with --prefix value passed to configure script. For example after I use ./configure --prefix=some_folder then make install puts the binaries into the root: /some_folder instead of current working directory ./some_folder.

That makes e.g. ios_compile.sh script failing for me. Take a look at this:

1. ./build_scripts/ios_compile.sh

2. the it calls e.g. ./configure --prefix=out_ios/ia32 --static-library --dest-os=ios --dest-cpu=ia32 --engine-mozilla and it displays proper node_prefix:

   'variables': { 
       ...
       'node_prefix': 'out_ios/ia32',
       ...
   }

3. but make install saves them to root / instead of ./:

   installing /out_ios/ia32/bin/libcares.a

4. and then the rest of ios_compile.sh script fails, e.g.:

   mv: rename out_ios/ia32/bin/libcares.a to out_ios/ia32/bin/libcares_ia32.a: No such file or directory

5. yeap, beacause there is no out_ios/ia32/bin. There is /out_ios/ia32/bin (note the root slash in front)

I've found a simple solution: change Makefile#L6 from DESTDIR ?= to DESTDIR ?= ./. This is used at tools/install.py#L187-L189 (as argv[2]) which was empty string until now.

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I just wonder of two things:

• in the past ios_compile.sh used to fork for me, and DESTDIR was not changed.
• how are you guys handling this. Is ios_compile.sh still working for you?

[obastemur]

@ktrzeciaknubisa just tested. It still works for me on 0.3.1.0

[ktrzeciaknubisa]

and what is output of make install ? does it use / or ./ ?

installing /out_ios/ia32/bin/libcares.a

I'm thinking, that there might be a case when it works if e.g. you have some old jxcore/out_ios/ia32/bin/ . In that case script would find them and would not fail.

[obastemur]

Right. Just saw the broken output. Better apply the fix. Perhaps the updates I brought from node 0.12 broke it.

[ktrzeciaknubisa]

Done. Do we need to refresh jxcore-cordova due to this folders confusion?

[jasonkarns]

late comment, but gnu configure expects --prefix to be an absolute dir. It defaults to /usr/local, IIRC

[jasonkarns]

If a relative directory is desired, ./configure --prefix=some_dir it should be invoked as ./configure --prefix=$PWD/some_dir.

From gcc mailing list: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-05/msg00646.html