Henry Qin <root@xxxxxx> writes:
> Here is the question, copied below for your convenience:
>
> """
> I am attempting to build git from source, and I would like make
> install to put the binaries into a directory called dist in my source
> directory, so I use the following configure line.
>
> ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist
You probably want to use DESTDIR instead, e.g.
$ make prefix=/usr/local DESTDIR=/var/tmp/dest
The standard way to phrase your question is "how do I 'make install'
to install to a fake location so that I can tar up the result into a
tarball?" (the key part being "so that..."), I think.
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