[Bug-freedink] Re: DFarc "make install" problem/question/finnish translation.

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 05:17:16PM -0700, Petteri Tolonen wrote:
> I'm having problems in packaging dfarc. It seems to compile, but  
> something goes wrong in install:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ...
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> install --context mimetypes --size 32    \
>        ./pixmaps/dfarc.png application-x-dmod
> install: Warning: ignoring --context (-Z); this kernel is not  
> SELinux-enabled.
> install: unrecognized option '--size'
> Try `install --help' for more information.
> make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory  
> `/home/pretzel/Desktop/pkgs/freedink-dfarc/src/dfarc-3.2/share'
> make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory  
> `/home/pretzel/Desktop/pkgs/freedink-dfarc/src/dfarc-3.2/share'
> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> ---------------------------------------------
> Couldn't find out why it did this, but then again, my skills are limited  
> :). Can you help?

Sure.

I see the problem, but I don't understand how this could happen!

The build fails at share/Makefile.am:
        $(XDG_ICON_RESOURCE) install --context mimetypes --size 32      \
                $(srcdir)/pixmaps/dfarc.png $(mimetype)
But apparently your $(XDG_ICON_RESOURCE) is empty, and so the build
tries to run 'install', the first argument :)

However, the presence of XDG_ICON_RESOURCE is checked in configure.ac,
and if it's missing, 'HAVE_XDG' is not defined, and the build installs
the icon differently.

So, to fix your problem for a source package, you probably just need
to depend on "xdg-utils". But I still wonder how you get this error %)


Note: if this is not a source package, but a binary package, then
things get complicated because the .desktop file need to be installed
and registered in a post-install script.  I don't know if this is the
case here.


> Question:
> Why does freedink-data use /usr/local? It's against archlinux packaging  
> standards to put stuff there through the package manager, so my package  
> will install files to /usr.

The default location for source installs in 'autoconf' is /usr/local,
so I just reproduced that behavior.  But for packages, you can specify
PREFIX :)

        make install PREFIX=/usr

For binary packages I also supported DESTDIR to install in a temporary
directory instead of '/'.


> The finnish translation:
> Here's the finnish translation (attachment). I'm still not completely  
> satisfied with it, but it's usable.

Cool, I'll see if I manage to create a branch for DFArc, so I can
release v3.2.1 with your translation now, without waiting for v3.4 :)


PS: do you mind if I bounce this message to address@hidden This
is a public mailing list and this might help other people :)

-- 
Sylvain