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Re: improve INSTALL contents


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: improve INSTALL contents
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 08:00:59 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)

* Alfred M. Szmidt wrote on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 04:45:21AM CEST:
>    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
>    options like @address@hidden to specify different
>    values for particular kinds of files.  Run @samp{configure --help}
>    for a list of the directories you can set and what kinds of files
>    go in them.  In general, the default for these options is expressed
>    in terms of @address@hidden@}}, so that specifying just
>    @option{--prefix} will affect all of the other directory
>    specifications.
>    
>    If you wish to install the package into a staging directory
>    (e.g. for packaging or testing purposes) then you can set the
>    DESTDIR variable, @samp{make address@hidden install}.

What about packages that don't support arbitrary prefix override
(all those using current libtool), or packages or systems that don't
support DESTDIR installs?  This wording creates problems for them.

Cheers,
Ralf




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