From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933311AbcFQM7m (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2016 08:59:42 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:59530 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753444AbcFQM7l (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2016 08:59:41 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,483,1459839600"; d="scan'208";a="1004284997" From: Andy Shevchenko To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andy Shevchenko Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] tools/turbostat: allow user to alter DESTDIR and PREFIX Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:59:33 +0300 Message-Id: <1466168373-101010-1-git-send-email-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When run make -C tools DESTDIR=/my/nice/dir turbostat_install get a message install: cannot create regular file '/usr/bin/turbostat': Permission denied Allow user to alter DESTDIR and PREFIX variables. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko --- tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile index e367b1a..8561e7d 100644 --- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile +++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc BUILD_OUTPUT := $(CURDIR) -PREFIX := /usr -DESTDIR := +PREFIX ?= /usr +DESTDIR ?= ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line") BUILD_OUTPUT := $(O) -- 2.8.1