Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:23:41 +0100 (CET) | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: Why INSTALL_PATH is not /boot by default? |
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> Jesper Juhl wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Andreas Steinmetz wrote: > > > > > > > Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:27:15AM +0100, Blaisorblade wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > This line, in the main Makefile, is commented: > > > > > > > > > > export INSTALL_PATH=/boot > > > > > > > > > > Why? It seems pointless, since almost everything has been for ages > > > > > requiring this settings, and distros' versions of installkernel have > > > > > been > > > > > taking an empty INSTALL_PATH as meaning /boot for ages (for instance > > > > > Mandrake). It's maybe even mandated by the FHS (dunno). > > > > > > > > > > Is there any reason I'm missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Changing this may have impact on default behaviour of some versions of > > > > installkernel. > > > > If /boot is ok for other than just i386 we can give it a try. > > > > > > > > > > Please note that there are cases where you build a kernel for machine x on > > > machine y. Which means: don't unconditionally uncomment this line. > > > > > > > Huh, in that case wouldn't you just copy the kernel image from the source > > dir on machine y to whereever it needs to liveon machine x by hand? At least > > that's what I do, the Makefile and its INSTALL_PATH never comes into play > > then. > > Not if you build different kernels for quite some machines on a build system. > It is neat then to use INSTALL_PATH and INSTALL_MOD_PATH to get the build > output into target machine related directories for further automated > processing. > What I just want to say is that, yes, set INSTALL_PATH (and INSTALL_MOD_PATH) > whereever you want to point it to - as long as it is not already set.
Fair enough, I see your point.
-- Jesper Juhl
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