On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 10:44:37AM -0700, Yves Arrouye wrote: > > re: DESTDIR -- it's not used in the Makefile.in. I also can't > > find it in > > 'info autoconf' or the html manual... > > It's an Automake thing, and people who use Automake typically keep this as a > good idea for their non-Automake packages. Oh well :) Redefining prefix etc. > works quite well too. Aha. I just poked around in an automake package. I see what you mean; this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I've got: Makefile.in: DESTDIR := prefix := ${DESTDIR}/@prefix@ etcdir := ${DESTDIR}/etc bindir := @bindir@ .... debian/rules: make install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp Thanks a bundle -- it is precisely what I needed: a level of indirection. :-) -- Wesley W. Terpstra <terpstra@javien.com> Javien Canada Inc. - Linux Developer
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