[Zope-dev] What use cases are driving "make install" from a checkout?

[Fred Drake]

On 12/21/05, Leonardo Rochael Almeida <leo at hiper.com.br> wrote:
> My point is: I don't think there's anything wrong in the install
> procedure being different between the checkout and the tarball, but it
> should never take more than a couple of fixed (and documented) steps to
> convert a checkout to a tarball-equivalent environment, where
> "./configure; make; make install" would work.

How important is the "convert" aspect of this?  Would creating a new
tree that supports "./configure; make; make install" seem reasonable
to you?

If so, "zpkg -t -C releases/Zope.cfg" would create the tree, and "cd
Zope-0.0.0" would make that the current directory.

There is a "hidden" difference here, however:  the new tree would be a
"Zope 3 release," and would not typically contain everything in the
checkout.


  -Fred

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