On 03/04/2011 12:30 AM, Paul Howarth wrote:
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:27:22 +1100
David Timms<dtimms(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 04/03/11 00:17, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> I think the Makefile already supports DESTDIR; try using:
>>
>> make install \
>> DESTDIR=%{buildroot} \
>> bindir=%{_bindir} \
>> helpdir=%{_datadir}/%{name} \
>> mandir=%{_mandir}
> OK, thanks guys.
>
> I hadn't noticed the DESTDIR capability. I was reading
> the ./configure --help, which mentions:
>
> Where does DESTDIR definition come from ?
> Where is it normally documented ?
It's fairly standard these days and comes "for free" with autotools
Not quite. It comes "for free" with automake-based packages, as part of
automake generated Makefile.ins.
This package however only applies autoconf and manually written
Makefile.ins - I.e. somebody must have explictly implemented DESTDIR
into the Makefile.ins.
Ralf