Packaging Trouble [star-merchant]

[Jonathan Davies]

2009/2/10 Christopher Swift <Chris at chrisswift.eu>:
> ...
> /usr/bin/make DESTDIR=/tmp/buildd/star-merchant-1.1/debian/star-merchant install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/star-merchant-1.1'
> cp starmerch /usr/bin/starmerch
> cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/bin/starmerch': Permission denied
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> ...

As suggested by Chow at
http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/details.py?upid=4981 - you will have to
patch[1] the upstream Makefile (at line 15) to make it understand what
DESTDIR means, eg:

-     cp $(OUTFILE) /usr/bin/$(OUTFILE)
+    cp $(OUTFILE) $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/$(OUTFILE)

Cheers,
Jonathan

[1]; https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems