On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:27:33AM +0100, Peter Gervai wrote: > It's funny that you say that because just yesterday I tried to debianize > another package (for myself) and realized that the "prefix" just did what > you said: partially worked. I cannot tell whether it's an autoconf/automake > bug or not (but I suspect it is, apart from not having the time to actually > track it down). I had to change it to DESTDIR.
It depends on the package, but sysconfdir usually isn't controlled by prefix (/etc not being a subdirectory of /usr). DESTDIR can be a better option. > I'll change in elinks, too. I don't know whether that's a good approach or > not (deb-make creates the 'prefix' form, and it seemed to be right so far). > All automagically debianised package seem to use prefix form, too... *shrug* If it works, use it and don't worry about it. If it doesn't, don't. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
