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Re: pr186: DESTDIR check in distcheck


From: Tom Tromey
Subject: Re: pr186: DESTDIR check in distcheck
Date: 20 Jan 2002 13:42:38 -0700

>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

adl> Setting --prefix to a shorter path, for instance /unexistant, is
adl> another idea, but then people running `make distcheck' as root
adl> on a buggy package might have bad surprises.

adl> Any other idea?

You could make a new read-only directory in /tmp for use as --prefix.
(Or rather TMPDIR, which will usually be /tmp.)

Tom



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