[plt-scheme] Debian binary package

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Fri Feb 16 06:14:02 EST 2007

On Feb 16, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> [...]
> However, I'm trying to make a quick-and-dirty MzScheme binary Debian 
> package. This certainly doesn't work:
> 
> ./configure --prefix <path>/deb-pkg/usr/local
> 
> because all of the executables (setup-plt, mzc, etc) get built as if 
> they were sitting at "<path>/deb-pkg/usr/local".
> 
> Are there any magic incantations I can pass at configure-time to 
> convince MzScheme that, really, it will end up at "/usr/local" when all 
> is said and done? Or, is there an easy way to update those scripts (mzc, 
> etc.) so that I can, in two steps (instead of one) create a binary 
> Debian package?

Use the real paths, but set DESTDIR when running `make install'.

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