Issue with another downstream over DESTDIR builds

[Brian Inglis]

Hi folks, [Please Reply All to CC me as ISP blocking Cygwin lists]

I previously submitted a patch upstream to add DESTDIR when creating 
package symlinks so cygport builds work without patches.

Now another downstream is disputing that, requesting the patch be 
reverted, saying that symlink targets are contents and should always be 
from the non-DESTDIR native source as per GNU "rules" in the autobook.

We agreed to request other more experienced opinions on this issue from 
our support groups and report back.

I am asking the perhaps more experienced professional maintainers to 
provide their considered opinion on this issue, demonstrated by the 
reversion patch below.

> The link's target must not include $(DESTDIR), otherwise this ends up
> included in the shipped link. Linking the theoretical target gives the
> correct result.
> 
> --- a/Makefile.in
> +++ b/Makefile.in
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
>    	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/definitions.units $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@definitions.units
>    	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@currency.units
>    	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/currency.units $(DESTDIR)@CDAT@currency.units
> -	if [ $(DESTDIR)@CDAT@ != $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@ ];then ln -sf $(DESTDIR)@CDAT@currency.units $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@currency.units;fi
> +	if [ $(DESTDIR)@CDAT@ != $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@ ];then ln -sf @CDAT@currency.units $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@currency.units;fi
>    	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/locale_map.txt $(DESTDIR)@UDAT@locale_map.txt
>    	if test $(HAVE_PYTHON) = yes; then \
>    	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) units_cur_inst $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`echo units_cur|sed '$(transform)'`;fi

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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