On Jan 12, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Dave Thomas wrote: > On Jan 12, 2004, at 13:28, J.Herre wrote: > >> >> On Jan 12, 2004, at 8:12 AM, Dave Thomas wrote: >> >>> I've checked in a patch, but I have no idea if it does what is >>> needed. Could someone with experience of all this DESTDIR stuff try >>> it out for me? >>> >> >> Here's 2 more cents. The output dir used by rdoc should be set via a >> command line option and then set to use DESTDIR via the Makefile. >> This will be more clear for future maintainers because it explicitly >> spells out what is happening without reference to the rdoc code. > > > Does the existing patch work, though... > > From current cvs I get the following: gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/jfh/dev/extern/ruby/ext/zlib' Generating RDoc documentation /usr/local/bin/ruby ./bin/rdoc --all --ri-system . unrecognized option `--ri-system' For help on options, try 'rdoc --help' gmake: *** [install-doc] Error 1 Not sure why. -J