Re: help files mismatch
- From: <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: emelfm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:26:57 +1000
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:11:43 +1000
<tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:01:08 +0200
> Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:31 AM, <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:10:01 +0200
> > > Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> In the package that I'm distributing in my Ubuntu PPA I notice the
> > >> following issue: the path advertised for the help file is different
> > >> from the one actually attempted when hitting the 'view' button in the
> > >> About dialogue. (See attached screenshot.) The actual file is located
> > >> in this installation at: /usr/share/doc/emelfm2/USAGE.gz
> > >>
> > >> Is this a known issue? Regards,
> > >
> > > No, it just indicates a mismatch between the "PREFIX" used to build, and
> > > the one used in the package.
> > >
> > What could trigger this mismatch? I use
> > $(MAKE) PREFIX=/usr $(MAKEOPTS)
> >
> > and then
> > $(MAKE) install PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/emelfm2/usr/
> > $(MAKE) install_i18n PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/emelfm2/usr/
> >
> > Both point to the '/usr' path. And the actual help files end up in the
> > package at /usr/share/doc/emelfm2/ . So what would confuse emelFM2
> > into trying to access the help files at /usr/local ?
>
> Nothing. It's hard-coded, according to the build-time PREFIX.
>
> If it's looking for help files in /usr/local, you've somehow mingled files
> built with that PREFIX.
Aach, I forgot - there are advanced-config options, on the general page, to
specify help documents.
Regards
Tom
--
Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to
emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by
logging into the web interface.
Other related posts:
