-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [adding bug-autoconf]
According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 4/14/2009 3:43 AM: > from the ./configure documentation it seems like --prefix=/foo > would be preferred to destdir. > > Not at all! The correct method is to use DESTDIR > > > Using prefix in conjunction with `make install' is (almost) always > wrong. > > Problem is that configure cannot in all honesty document DESTDIR, > since this is a variable that is passed only to make. Indeed, if you > are not using a Makefile, one could use any name for the variable > prefix/exec_prefix/bindir/... Hmmm. Would it be worth changing autoconf to make './configure --help' state something like the following: | Some influential environment variables: | ... | DESTDIR leave unset during configure; allows installation to | specify a staging area different than the final prefix Perhaps even issue a warning if DESTDIR is set during configure time? Or would this proposal just cause more problems? - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknkeUMACgkQ84KuGfSFAYD9zQCg0kwAzCNA9K1hY4o81PsQCKq5 CFkAoLB8yv+0V3ubdPQE0uuHVvQtQH/b =bNQJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
