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diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md index 21a80b60..d71f22a8 100644 --- a/COMPILING.md +++ b/COMPILING.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ explains librsvg's peculiarities. * [Debug or release builds](#debug-or-release-builds) * [Cross-compilation](#cross-compilation) * [Building with no network access](#building-with-no-network-access) +* [Running `make distcheck`](#running-make-distcheck) # Installing dependencies for building @@ -241,6 +242,22 @@ one of the Rust crates that librsvg uses internally. The source replacement information is in `rust/.cargo/config` in the unpacked tarball. Your build system can patch this file as needed. +# Running `make distcheck` + +The `make distcheck` command will built a release tarball, extract it, +compile it and test it. However, part of the `make install` process +within that command will try to install the gdk-pixbuf loader in your +system location, and it will fail. + +Please run `make distcheck` like this: + +``` +$ make distcheck DESTDIR=/tmp/foo +``` + +That `DESTDIR` will keep the gdk-pixbuf loader installation from +trying to modify your system locations. + [autotools]: https://autotools.io/index.html [blog]: https://people.gnome.org/~federico/blog/librsvg-build-infrastructure.html [maintainer]: README.md#maintainers |