* Steven Woody wrote on Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:17:47AM CEST:
>
> Thank you, understood. But, when I copy samples from automake manual
> and do the following:
>
> install-data-hook:
> mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/var/run
>
> and I expect that var/run will be created under my $PREFIX.
You'll want to use something like
install-data-hook:
mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/run
or some other directory variable listed in
<http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Installation-Directory-Variables.html>.
DESTDIR is reserved for the user to temporarily divert installation:
make install DESTDIR=/tmp/dest
and usually empty; but in any case, it always goes right before one of
the other installation directory variables.
Cheers,
Ralf
