Robert Greimel wrote:
>
> >That would be a bug in your version of install, or you're trying to
> >"make install" as a user into a path which you don't have write
> >permission from.
>
> I beg to differ - the "bug" is with the Makefiles in the daemon and man
> directories.
OK, that is not what your original description of the problem said.
Yes, what you describe below could be considered a bug.
It almost sounds as though you're trying to build a package for a
distribution. You shouldn't use --prefix= for that (unless you want it
to end up in /usr/packages/autofs-3.1.5 in the final release), rather
you need to use INSTALLROOT.
-hpa