Re: gettext

[Miles Bader]

address@hidden (Stepan Kasal) writes:
> |      Running `make install' with a different value of `prefix' from the
> |      one used to build the program should _not_ recompile the program.
> 
> I'd say that "re-compile the program" means complete re-building according
> to the new prefix.  If the standard said  "... should not re-compile nor
> re-link any part of the program.", it would be clearer.
> With current wording of GCS, I think that this is not a violation.

The important point, as I understand it, is that `make install' with a
different prefix should _not_ embed the new prefix in anything that gets
installed -- all embedded paths should still use the old prefix.

I suppose it's OK to violate the letter of the rule as long as you're
quite sure that the end effect is the same.

-Miles
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