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Re: Installing files in /etc



>>>> "YA" == Yves Arrouye <yves@realnames.com> writes:

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>> $(MAKE) install prefix=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr sysconfdir=`pwd`/tmp/etc

YA> If it's using autoconf, there's a chance that the package also lets you
YA> specify DESTDIR to install, as in:

YA>     $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp

This is dangerous, because if a package use i18n the Makefile in po/ don't
understand DESTDIR, and all locale aren't installed.

Christian



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