Re: [PATCH] libtraceevent: allow custom libdir path

[Steven Rostedt]

Arnaldo,

Can you pull this patch in?

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve


On Sat,  7 Dec 2019 11:14:40 +0000
Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When I use prefix=/usr and try to install libtraceevent in my laptop it
> tries to install in /usr/lib64. I am not having any folder as /usr/lib64
> and also the debian policy doesnot allow installing in /usr/lib64. It
> should be in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/.
> 
> Quote: No package for a 64 bit architecture may install files in
> 	/usr/lib64/ or in a subdirectory of it.
> ref: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html
> 
> Make it more flexible by allowing to mention libdir_relative while
> installing so that distros can mention the path according to their policy
> or use the default one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> And yet another one (hopefully the final one for now). I know I missed
> the merge window, but your Ack should be ok.
> 
>  tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile         | 5 +++--
>  tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile | 5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
> index c5a03356a999..7e2450ddd7e1 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
> @@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))'
>  
>  LP64 := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1)
>  ifeq ($(LP64), 1)
> -  libdir_relative = lib64
> +  libdir_relative_temp = lib64
>  else
> -  libdir_relative = lib
> +  libdir_relative_temp = lib
>  endif
>  
> +libdir_relative ?= $(libdir_relative_temp)
>  prefix ?= /usr/local
>  libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative)
>  man_dir = $(prefix)/share/man
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile
> index f440989fa55e..edb046151305 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/Makefile
> @@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ DESTDIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))'
>  
>  LP64 := $(shell echo __LP64__ | ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -E -x c - | tail -n 1)
>  ifeq ($(LP64), 1)
> -  libdir_relative = lib64
> +  libdir_relative_tmp = lib64
>  else
> -  libdir_relative = lib
> +  libdir_relative_tmp = lib
>  endif
>  
> +libdir_relative ?= $(libdir_relative_tmp)
>  prefix ?= /usr/local
>  libdir = $(prefix)/$(libdir_relative)
>