Re: keeping $exec-prefix et al unexpanded

[Earnie Boyd]

IIRC, ``make install prefix=/tmp/foo'' is a GNU standard mandate where 
prefix for the install does not modify the prefix for the build.

Earnie.

Harlan Stenn wrote:
Why don't you use DESTDIR instead?

IE:

 > ./configure --prefix=/usr
 > make
 > make DESTDIR=/tmp install
 > cd /tmp
 > tar cfz binary-tarball.tgz usr
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