[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4601] install_sw does not honor --openssldir

[noloader@gmail.com via RT]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Richard Levitte via RT <rt at openssl.org> wrote:
>> That's correct for 1.1.0. install_sw honors --prefix. We made that change to
>> get away from all the weird magic around the combinations of --prefix and
>> --openssldir that happened in previous versions.
>>
>> In other words, it's not a bug, it's a feature. Closing this ticket.
>
> Gotta love unexpected changes :) They don't seem related given the
> documented behaviors:
>
> * 'make install' installs the library and man pages
> * 'make install_sw' install the library only
>
> Then we have:
>
> * if neither --prefix nor --openssldir, then use /usr/local/ssl
> * If --openssldir and not --prefix, then use --openssldir
>
> I don't know what to expect if both --prefix and --openssldir because
> I don't use it. is --prefix actiling like $DESTDIR for make recipes?

By the way, here's there reference for DESTDIR and staged installs:
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#DESTDIR .

I don't want either of them. I only want to install the library in the
directory of my choosing :)

Jeff


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