-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 4/14/2009 6:49 AM: > `To install FOO in a staging directory, use `make install DESTDIR=...'' > > I like that. > > packages where DESTDIR doesn't work properly. But automake already > does such a good job at providing DESTDIR support (especially if > the user remembered to run 'make distcheck'), that I think it would > be nice if using AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE did make the ./configure --help > mention the future effect of DESTDIR. > > I agree. Does distcheck actually test DESTDIR? Absolutely, along with proper VPATH builds; two aspects that many non-automake packages get horribly wrong. http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Preparing-Distributions - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknkhzgACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDI0QCgygBlS+xuhsOqfYd6m9IVMrca ioAAn3bbUJPo61ejvJMe20yiljXZBtLq =VQEH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
