[ros-kernel] Makefile improvements

[Eric Kohl]

"Shadow Flare" <blakflare at hotmail.com> wrote:


> I think the default install directory should still be within the source
> directory as it was before.  I don't want it to overwrite my existing
> installation if I forget to specify the install path.  Also, some people
> won't be installing it to C:\reactos

You can always set ROS_INSTALL to override the default setting. Run 'make
install ROS_INSTALL=<my_favorite_install_dir>' or add 'set
ROS_INSTALL=<my_favorite_install_dir>' to a batch file.


> As long as no part of the install process is left out of "make install"
this
> should be OK.  I know that in the past, there have been some important
steps
> in the install process that a "make install" did not do (for example, a
> previous version did not create the registry).

Yes! That was missing.


Eric