| Summary: | /opt/bin/make install DESTDIR=/xxx/yyy does not work solely in DESTDIR but also references ${prefix} without ${DESTDIR} | ||
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| Product: | fontconfig | Reporter: | Michael Felt <aixtools> |
| Component: | conf | Assignee: | fontconfig-bugs |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Behdad Esfahbod <freedesktop> |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | medium | CC: | akira |
| Version: | 2.11 | ||
| Hardware: | PowerPC | ||
| OS: | AIX | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| i915 platform: | i915 features: | ||
You can't validate symlinks at the build time because DESTDIR isn't supposed to be. and DESTDIR is used as a prefix path how it looks at the installation time for packaging. the point is DESTDIR is dropped from the real installed path. so checking that at the build time in the sense of packaging really makes no sense. So the answer for your question is, because we use a symlink to enable/disable a configuration file easily for system-wide and user-specific, and keep consistency on changes. if you copy some of them and it is changed in upstream, you'll miss it then. or if doubt, you'll need to copy them every time on upgrading. fontconfig follows the general use of DESTDIR in autotools and no concerns on packaging at this moment. On 2015-10-20 03:47, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92406 > > Akira TAGOH<akira@tagoh.org> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Status|NEW |RESOLVED > CC| |akira@tagoh.org > Resolution|--- |NOTABUG You can call it "not a bug", but then you may want to document that make DESTDIR=/something/else will never work because the make process cannot deal with the symbolic links auto(anything) makes. Probably "not a bug", at least not of fontconfig - but of one of the tools you use to automate builds of fontconfig. As I commented - the workaround (for fontconfig) is to run 'make install' without DESTDIR, and then repeat make with DESTDIR. If you could help me better understand why a symbolic link is generated I might be able to work on a patch for auto-something. Unfortunately, I do not know the auto-something tools well enough to see easily where, or why the symbolic is generated. Most projects do not generate them or they generate them relative to DESTDIR rather than hard on /. I cannot recall the first project I had this problem - something I also resolved via the workaround above - as far as my packaging goes. But the issue seems to come up roughly 1 every 70 to 80 projects. FYI. Thanks for looking at fontconfig. If you have a hint on where/why the symbolic is being generated I will research further in the 'auto-something' area. Sincerely, Michael > --- Comment #1 from Akira TAGOH<akira@tagoh.org> --- > You can't validate symlinks at the build time because DESTDIR isn't supposed to > be. and DESTDIR is used as a prefix path how it looks at the installation time > for packaging. the point is DESTDIR is dropped from the real installed path. re: DESTDIR - that is where the files are 'installed' to make a clean install point. The symbolic link points to something that exists $DESTDIR/something/to/symlink/to. From the point of cd $DESTDIR symbolic link ./this/is/a/link -> ../../../something/to/symlink/to so it looks something like: michael@x071:[/var/DESTDIR]ls -lR .: total 0 drwx------ 3 root system 256 Oct 22 18:14 something drwx------ 3 root system 256 Oct 22 18:15 this ./something: total 0 drwx------ 3 root system 256 Oct 22 18:14 to ./something/to: total 0 drwx------ 2 root system 256 Oct 22 18:15 symlink ./something/to/symlink: total 4 -rw------- 1 root system 29 Oct 22 18:16 to ./this: total 0 drwx------ 3 root system 256 Oct 22 18:15 is ./this/is: total 0 drwx------ 2 root system 256 Oct 22 18:17 a ./this/is/a: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 32 Oct 22 18:17 link -> ../../../something/to/symlink/to rather than, at the end ./this/is/a: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 32 Oct 22 18:17 link -> /something/to/symlink/to IMHO - this is something that auto-thingy should be able to do so that make DESTDIR=/var/DESTDIR would work. Remember, it not my followup command that "packages" /var/DESTDIR (stripping $DESTDIR from the full filepathname - but the make command itself that fails! > so > checking that at the build time in the sense of packaging really makes no > sense. > > So the answer for your question is, because we use a symlink to enable/disable > a configuration file easily for system-wide and user-specific, and keep > consistency on changes. if you copy some of them and it is changed in upstream, > you'll miss it then. or if doubt, you'll need to copy them every time on > upgrading. > > fontconfig follows the general use of DESTDIR in autotools and no concerns on > packaging at this moment. > (In reply to Michael Felt from comment #2) > You can call it "not a bug", but then you may want to document that make > DESTDIR=/something/else will never work because the make process cannot > deal with the symbolic links auto(anything) makes. > Probably "not a bug", at least not of fontconfig - but of one of the > tools you use to automate builds of fontconfig. It looks like you are misunderstanding about DESTDIR. see https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html If you want to install them permernently under $DESTDIR, you should do that with --prefix and other options for configure script that determine the install path, instead of using $DESTDIR. I don't know what kind of problems you are facing at this moment though, it works fine with many packaging systems so that I've never ever heard any complaints about it. > IMHO - this is something that auto-thingy should be able to do so that > make DESTDIR=/var/DESTDIR would work. Wrong. you should better understand how packaging systems works to build a package. > (stripping $DESTDIR from the full filepathname That's why symlinks works at the end on packaging system enabled environments. symlinks points to the proper files when installing the package then. Doing both of validating symlinks and creating a package isn't feasible, particularly it contains a symlink. if you are fixing that anyway to work a symlink validation, you'll see a problem after installing that package because symlinks points to $DESTDIR/path/to/file where isn't available. so you eventually need to re-link them. > - but the make command > itself that fails! It's not our fault. no fails with "make" itself on what we shipped. On 2015-10-23 04:34, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92406 > > --- Comment #3 from Akira TAGOH<akira@tagoh.org> --- > (In reply to Michael Felt from comment #2) >> You can call it "not a bug", but then you may want to document that make >> DESTDIR=/something/else will never work because the make process cannot >> deal with the symbolic links auto(anything) makes. >> Probably "not a bug", at least not of fontconfig - but of one of the >> tools you use to automate builds of fontconfig. > It looks like you are misunderstanding about DESTDIR. see > https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html > > If you want to install them permernently under $DESTDIR, you should do that > with --prefix and other options for configure script that determine the install > path, instead of using $DESTDIR. I guess my problem is that I do not know how to explain my problem in text. I think of $DESTDIR as / would look as ./ after chroot() to $DESTDIR - so that I can package that and install that directory tree onto '/' as './'. I do think we agree on the intent of $DESTDIR as far as make DESTDIR=xxx is concerned. My apologies for any uncertainity or confusion on this point - both previous, and for any forth coming. However, if the confusion continues I shall simply admit my failing and stop commenting as clearly I will have shown myself incapable of showing that we agree on this point. > I don't know what kind of problems you are facing at this moment though, it > works fine with many packaging systems so that I've never ever heard any > complaints about it. Yes, the autotools work fine with other environments I am sure. And, this is not a 'complaint' - it is information for you to use, or not use. As it is unusual - also for me -I had hoped it would also be interesting for this project. >> IMHO - this is something that auto-thingy should be able to do so that >> make DESTDIR=/var/DESTDIR would work. > Wrong. you should better understand how packaging systems works to build a > package. > >> (stripping $DESTDIR from the full filepathname > That's why symlinks works at the end on packaging system enabled environments. > symlinks points to the proper files when installing the package then. > Doing both of validating symlinks and creating a package isn't feasible, > particularly it contains a symlink. if you are fixing that anyway to work a > symlink validation, you'll see a problem after installing that package because > symlinks points to $DESTDIR/path/to/file where isn't available. so you > eventually need to re-link them. > >> - but the make command >> itself that fails! "make DESTDIR=/var/DESTDIR install" fails, "make install" works fine, but that is not what I call a package - and since we seem to define package differently - not worthy of further discussion. > It's not our fault. no fails with "make" itself on what we shipped. There is no fault. There is a cause - and it is probably not in your project but somewhere in the 'autotools'. And there are often workarounds that a project can apply so that an autotool 'cause' does not affect a project. Thank you for your consideration. When I know more about the inner workings of the autotools - when and why they use symbolic links - I may come back. But if I am successful in the autotool area - I will not need to. Sincerely, Michael > |
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with the following command I get the following output - with several hard links (as one example) to files that do not exist during packaging. (for me that is the mkinstallp command). Relative link paths should work! root@x064:[/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94]/opt/bin/make install DESTDIR=/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0 Making install in fontconfig make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fontconfig' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fontconfig' make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/include/fontconfig' .././install-sh -c -m 644 fontconfig.h fcfreetype.h fcprivate.h '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/include/fontconfig' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fontconfig' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fontconfig' Making install in fc-blanks make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-blanks' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-blanks' make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-blanks' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-blanks' Making install in fc-case make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' /opt/bin/make install-am make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' make[3]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-case' Making install in fc-lang make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' /opt/bin/make install-am make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' make[3]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-lang' Making install in fc-glyphname make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' /opt/bin/make install-am make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' make[3]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-glyphname' Making install in src make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' /opt/bin/make install-am make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' make[3]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c libfontconfig.la '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/libfontconfig.a /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib/libfontconfig.a libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/libfontconfig.lai /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib/libfontconfig.la libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /opt/lib' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/src' Making install in fc-cache make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cache' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cache' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-cache '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-cache /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-cache /bin/sh /data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/install-sh -d "/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/cache/fontconfig" make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cache' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cache' Making install in fc-cat make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cat' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cat' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-cat '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-cat /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-cat make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cat' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-cat' Making install in fc-list make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-list' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-list' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-list '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-list /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-list make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-list' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-list' Making install in fc-match make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-match' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-match' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-match '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-match /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-match make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-match' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-match' Making install in fc-pattern make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-pattern' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-pattern' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-pattern '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-pattern /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-pattern make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-pattern' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-pattern' Making install in fc-query make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-query' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-query' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-query '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-query /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-query make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-query' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-query' Making install in fc-scan make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-scan' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-scan' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-scan '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-scan /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-scan make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-scan' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-scan' Making install in fc-validate make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-validate' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-validate' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install .././install-sh -c fc-validate '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin' libtool: install: warning: `../src/libfontconfig.la' has not been installed in `/opt/lib' libtool: install: .././install-sh -c .libs/fc-validate /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/bin/fc-validate make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-validate' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/fc-validate' Making install in conf.d make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' /opt/bin/make install-am make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' make[3]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d' .././install-sh -c -m 644 README '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d' .././install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail' .././install-sh -c -m 644 10-autohint.conf 10-no-sub-pixel.conf 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf 10-unhinted.conf 11-lcdfilter-default.conf 11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf 11-lcdfilter-light.conf 20-unhint-small-vera.conf 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf 30-urw-aliases.conf 30-metric-aliases.conf 40-nonlatin.conf 45-latin.conf 49-sansserif.conf 50-user.conf 51-local.conf 60-latin.conf 65-fonts-persian.conf 65-khmer.conf 65-nonlatin.conf 69-unifont.conf 70-no-bitmaps.conf 70-yes-bitmaps.conf 80-delicious.conf 90-synthetic.conf '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail' /opt/bin/make install-data-hook make[4]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' mkdir -p /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d cd /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d rm -f 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf . rm -f 20-unhint-small-vera.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf . rm -f 30-urw-aliases.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-urw-aliases.conf . rm -f 30-metric-aliases.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf . rm -f 40-nonlatin.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf . rm -f 45-latin.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-latin.conf . rm -f 49-sansserif.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf . rm -f 50-user.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/50-user.conf . rm -f 51-local.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf . rm -f 60-latin.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf . rm -f 65-fonts-persian.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf . rm -f 65-nonlatin.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf . rm -f 69-unifont.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf . rm -f 80-delicious.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf . rm -f 90-synthetic.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf . make[4]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' make[3]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/conf.d' Making install in test make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/test' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/test' make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/test' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/test' make[1]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94' make[2]: Entering directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94' make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'. /bin/sh /data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/install-sh -d /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/cache/fontconfig if [ -f /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf ]; then \ echo "backing up existing /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"; \ mv /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf.bak; \ fi backing up existing /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf if [ -f ./fonts.conf ]; then \ echo " ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"; \ ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf; \ else if [ -f fonts.conf ]; then \ echo " ./install-sh -c -m 644 fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"; \ ./install-sh -c -m 644 fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf; \ fi; fi ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./fonts.conf /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/fonts.conf *** *** Warning: fonts.cache not built *** *** Generate this file manually on host system using fc-cache *** ./install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib/pkgconfig' ./install-sh -c -m 644 fontconfig.pc '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/lib/pkgconfig' ./install-sh -c -d '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/share/xml/fontconfig' ./install-sh -c -m 644 fonts.dtd '/var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/share/xml/fontconfig' make[2]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94' make[1]: Leaving directory '/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94' root@x064:[/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94] Basically, commands such as this: rm -f 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf . rm -f 20-unhint-small-vera.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf . rm -f 30-urw-aliases.conf; ln -s /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-urw-aliases.conf . are creating later issues when the DESTDIR is to be packaged. I expect an RPM.spec file could end up having the same kind of concern - for any pre-checks on packaging that follows My 'packaging' follows with: mkinstallp.ksh /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0 chmod: 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 20-unhint-small-vera.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 30-urw-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 30-metric-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 40-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 45-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 49-sansserif.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 50-user.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 51-local.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 60-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 65-fonts-persian.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 65-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 69-unifont.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 80-delicious.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 90-synthetic.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 20-unhint-small-vera.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 30-urw-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 30-metric-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 40-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 45-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 49-sansserif.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 50-user.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 51-local.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 60-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 65-fonts-persian.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 65-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 69-unifont.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 80-delicious.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chmod: 90-synthetic.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 20-unhint-small-vera.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 30-urw-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 30-metric-aliases.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 40-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 45-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 49-sansserif.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 50-user.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 51-local.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 60-latin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 65-fonts-persian.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 65-nonlatin.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 69-unifont.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 80-delicious.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. chown: 90-synthetic.conf: A file or directory in the path name does not exist. The chown messages are because the symbolic link cannot resolve - the files are not installed in their AFTER packaging location. What I want to do as part of my pre-packaging is set file-owner and also mode. The error below is what prevents packaging however. The AIX command mkinstallp (no longer my script) verifies the existance of all files (to create checksums of real files) and verify that symbolic-links actually resolve. What it is seeing as input is: root@x064:[/data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94]find /opt /var/aixtools -name 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf -ls 4131 2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 2010 Oct 10 16:29 /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf 4158 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 59 Oct 10 16:29 /var/aixtools/freedesktop/fontconfig/2.11.94.0/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf -> /opt/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf So, this fails - the object of the symbolic - as is - does not exist. 0503-881 mkinstallp: Invalid Filename (/var/fontconfig/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf) in /data/prj/freedesktop/fontconfig/fontconfig-2.11.94/buildaix/aixtools.freedesktop.fontconfig.2.11.94.0.template As I do not understand the logic behind the conf.d library I cannot resolve this easily on my own. My work arounbd is to run "make install" first, so the files exist elsewhere on the system (on a clean build-only system this is not too harmful I hope) - but there is an assumption built-in that most other packages do not have. Question: why a symbolic link rather than a copy (cp) command. and/or why in two locations? I hope this has some interest to you (all). regards, Michael