Re: [un]install-*-local/install-*-hook does not honor DESTDIR

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Eugene" == Eugene Crosser <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Eugene> Because "install-*-local" is a natural place to play
 Eugene> with files that are *not* located under $prefix
 Eugene> (exactly as example in the documentation suggests), you
 Eugene> may not want to put $prefix-dependant paths there.

Actually I'd rather change the documentation and use another,
better illustration for install-*-local.  Using hard-coded
install-paths always seems an error to me.  (The actual example
in the doc would be better written as `sysconf_DATA = afile'.)

 Eugene> On the other hand, "make distcheck" configures the
 Eugene> package with custom $prefix, and installs into that
 Eugene> prefix, *not* specifying "DESTDIR".  So, if your
 Eugene> *-local target deals with files that are not located
 Eugene> under $prefix, "make distcheck" breaks.

Yes.  If a user wants to install a package on his account, he
will use something like `./configure --prefix ~/usr'.  However
if `make install' tries to write to some hard-coded directory
elsewhere the account, it will fail.  So `make distcheck' should
fail too.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz