[Pkg-crosswire-devel] BibleTime packaging status: started work, but we're not there yet!

[Jonathan Marsden]

I tried... made some progress... and then got stuck.

I have a package tree for BibleTime 1.7beta3 on my machine that, when I
run debuild, will configure and build fine, but then it fails at the
install step, basically saying there is a problem with a relative path
to the installation directory.

I'm not a KDE or cmake-using kind of a person... and between CDBS and
cmake, there seem to be so many layers that hide what is really
happening, so I'm stuck for now on this.  Googling the error suggests
that others have seen this error and not found solutions yet...

Ideas welcomed.  Or if someone else wants to try their hand at BibleTime
packaging, speak up, I'll happily pass the baton to you :)

The relevant chunk of debuild output is enclosed below, in case the
exact error message helps someone remember what the fix for it is!

Jonathan

---------------------------------------------------------------------

[100%] Built target bibletime
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Debugfull"
CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:37 (FILE):
  file called with relative DESTINATION.  This does not make sense when
using
  DESTDIR.  Specify absolute path or remove DESTDIR environment variable.


make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
make: *** [common-install-impl] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit
status 2
debuild: fatal error at line 1329:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed