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From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
To: devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: do not hardcode the `install` program path
Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 20:14:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240208191405.1597654-1-sam@rfc1149.net> (raw)

On systems that do not use the FHS, such as NixOS, the `install` program is not
located in `/usr/bin/` as its location is dynamic.

`dtc` can be easily installed on such systems by using the `install` program
available in the `$PATH` with:

    make PREFIX=… INSTALL=install

However, this becomes more difficult when `dtc` is being compiled as part of a
larger toolchain, as the toolchain build scripts will not spontaneously pass
such an argument on the command line. This happens for example when `dtc` is
build as a part of the RTEMS build system.

By not hardcoding a predefined path for `install`, as is done for other
executables, `dtc` will allow the one in the `$PATH` to be used.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
---
 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10a56d4..f1f0ab3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SWIG = swig
 PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 PYTHON ?= python3
 
-INSTALL = /usr/bin/install
+INSTALL = install
 INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL)
 INSTALL_LIB = $(INSTALL)
 INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -m 644
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2024-02-08 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-08 19:14 Samuel Tardieu [this message]
2024-02-14  8:25 ` [PATCH] Makefile: do not hardcode the `install` program path David Gibson

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