Re: [Devel] broken binary compatibility

[Keith Packard]

Around 23 o'clock on Jul 7, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> >  Also DESTDIR patch to allow make install DESTDIR=/tmp/somewhere
>
> This is already available:
> 
>  configure --prefix=/tmp/somewhere

These are distinct; package managers use DESTDIR when building the binary 
package files:
        configure --prefix=/usr
        make
        mkdir /tmp/package-tree
        make install DESTDIR=/tmp/package-tree


Now the whole package is installed in /tmp/package-tree as if that were /
so the package tool can easily scoop up every relevant file into a tarball.

Keith Packard        XFree86 Core Team        HP Cambridge Research Lab