Re: Stop "relink" searching host directory when installation prefix provided

[Charles Wilson]

On 1/16/2011 12:13 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> (I for one often do 'make install DESTDIR=/tmp/dest' merely to
> tar up the installation tree to be scp'ed to another machine where
> the NFS share is mounted rw.)

Actually, Ralf's example (or one very similar to it) is the *primary*
use of DESTDIR.  It's how many packaging tools -- like rpm, or cygport
on cygwin -- create installable binary packages.

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Chuck