Re: Why does ./configure not set prefix and exec_prefix?

[Earnie Boyd]

--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> IOW, what's the point of being able to change prefix at make time?
> Why not just at configure?
> 

How about the scenario of:

configure --prefix=/usr
make all
make install prefix=/usr/stow/mypackage.mj.mn.p
cd /usr/stow
stow mypackage.mj.mn.p

OR:

configure                  (prefix=/usr/local)
make prefix=/usr           (user Foo always does it this way)
make install

I may want to test an installation and want to build with a different prefix
than what it was configured with.

There's probably more.

Regards,

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