On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 09:40 +0530, Parag N(पराग़) wrote: > So in other words i can say if i am going to package any tarball i > should first check main Makefile for DESTDIR variable. If its present > use > make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} This part is correct barring brokecn Makefiles :-). I think all packages which use automake have DESTDIR (although this might not be the case in the distant past). > if DESTDIR is not in Makefile use > %makeinstall > right? ... and be sure to check that it doesn't compile the buildroot's path into the resulting programs. -Toshio
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