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Re: improve INSTALL contents (was: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su')
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: improve INSTALL contents (was: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su') |
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Wed, 13 May 2009 09:22:25 -0400 |
+Depending on the package, the default directory layout chosen during
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A `make install FOO=VAL' should never alter anything in the build
directory. The problem is if you pass --bindir=/foo to configure, and
then do `make install prefix=/bar', the files installed in bindir will
be installed in /foo, and not /bar as the user might have exepcted;
this is why passing prefix to `make install' is a bad idea.