The next replier may also drop me off this thread. It originally
started with my question about building coreutils, and this thread is
a result of someone commenting on my use of --prefix=/foo in an
example. I wish you all the best in your quest for a resolution, but
I have no relevance to this discussion.
Doug
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I believe his point is that this thread seems disproportionately
> long (and cross-posted too widely) for the small potential benefit,
> if ever something comes of it.
>
> Ralf doesn't need to read, or even respond to the thread if that is
> the case.
>
> I like the blurb Eric suggested,
>
> Most packages support installation into a staging directory
> (e.g. for packaging or testing purposes), by setting the
> DESTDIR variable, as in @samp{make DESTDIR=@var{dir} install}.
>
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