sudo make install not installing all required files to the prefix

[mbyzhang]

sudo make install is not installing all required files to the prefix. For example, when I tried to install to prefix /opt/liballocs [1], here is what I got

$ tree /opt/liballocs
/opt/liballocs
├── bin
│   ├── allocsites
│   ├── alloctypes
│   ├── cufiles
│   ├── dumpptrs
│   ├── dumpsyscalls
│   ├── dwarftypes
│   ├── extrasyms
│   ├── find-allocated-type-size
│   ├── frametypes
│   ├── frametypes2
│   ├── ifacetypes
│   ├── metavector
│   ├── noopgen
│   ├── pervasive-types
│   └── usedtypes
└── lib
    └── liballocs
        └── libroottypes.a

Many things are missing, e.g. (a non-exhaustive list)

• Compiler wrappers like allocscc, allocsc++, etc.
• CIL as required by allocscc
• allocsld.so, liballocs.so, and liballocs_preload.so
• /usr/lib/meta directory with the correct permissions.

Having a functional make install would significantly reduce the size of the minimal Docker image required to use liballocs to build and run applications.

[1] During the sudo make install, here is the log I got:

make  install-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
Making install in tools/lang
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/liballocs/tools/lang'
# nothing
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/liballocs/tools/lang'
Making install in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/opt/liballocs/bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c tools/dwarftypes tools/alloctypes tools/frametypes tools/frametypes2 tools/extrasyms tools/metavector tools/dumpptrs tools/allocsites tools/usedtypes tools/ifacetypes tools/find-allocated-type-size tools/cufiles tools/pervasive-types tools/noopgen tools/dumpsyscalls '/opt/liballocs/bin'
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/dwarftypes /opt/liballocs/bin/dwarftypes
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/alloctypes /opt/liballocs/bin/alloctypes
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/frametypes /opt/liballocs/bin/frametypes
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/frametypes2 /opt/liballocs/bin/frametypes2
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/extrasyms /opt/liballocs/bin/extrasyms
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/metavector /opt/liballocs/bin/metavector
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/dumpptrs /opt/liballocs/bin/dumpptrs
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/allocsites /opt/liballocs/bin/allocsites
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/usedtypes /opt/liballocs/bin/usedtypes
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/ifacetypes /opt/liballocs/bin/ifacetypes
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/find-allocated-type-size /opt/liballocs/bin/find-allocated-type-size
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/cufiles /opt/liballocs/bin/cufiles
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/pervasive-types /opt/liballocs/bin/pervasive-types
libtool: warning: '/home/peter/liballocs/contrib/liballocstool/contrib/dwarfidl/contrib/libantlr3c/.libs/libantlr3c.la' has not been installed in '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/.libs/noopgen /opt/liballocs/bin/noopgen
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c tools/dumpsyscalls /opt/liballocs/bin/dumpsyscalls
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/opt/liballocs/lib/liballocs'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  tools/libroottypes.a '/opt/liballocs/lib/liballocs'
 ( cd '/opt/liballocs/lib/liballocs' && ranlib libroottypes.a )
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/opt/liballocs/lib/liballocs'
 /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   tools/gold-plugin.la '/opt/liballocs/lib/liballocs'
libtool:   error: error: cannot install 'tools/gold-plugin.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/local/lib/liballocs
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1127: install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:2203: install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1884: install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/liballocs'
make: *** [Makefile:2196: install] Error 2

[mbyzhang]

Perhaps it's better to allow independent installation of build-time files (like allocscc and CIL) and run/load-time files (like liballocs.so and liballocs_preload.so).

[stephenrkell]

Hi Peter. Indeed, to date I have never put effort into make install work. I agree that it could be useful.

If the concern is about size of Docker image, perhaps it helps to ask the converse question: once you add all the important stuff to what is make install'ed, what is remaining that can be dispensed with?

E.g. as a stopgap it may be useful to make a clean-like target that deletes that. Or it may be easier just to get make install working properly.

One caveat is that some of the logic that various tools use to find various files is a bit ad-hoc and may need tweaking to keep working in a make install'd universe, i.e. to refrain from navigating within a build tree. I am thinking of the Python compiler wrapper scripts and perhaps the linker plugin.