Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su'

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Eric Blake wrote:
> I tend to agree that INSTALL should either mention DESTDIR (and probably
> also V, which now plays a role with new enough automake), or at least
> point to the GNU Coding Standards and the Automake manual overview of the
> GNU build system.  Does anyone want to beat me to a patch?

The problem is that DESTDIR is not a mandatory standard and packages 
may not adequately implement it even if Automake itself does the right 
thing.  If INSTALL says that DESTDIR is supported and a package 
blindly includes the INSTALL file, then package users may end up with 
a very unpleasant surprise (e.g. damaged operating system) if the 
package misbehaves with DESTDIR.

Bob
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