On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 03:30:30PM -0000, Alan Conway wrote: > It only works if you are installing directly to the install-prefix. In order > to build packages you need to be able to install to a temporary location to > create the tree, and then package it up. That's what is broken by absolute > install directories.
It works if you use: make install DESTDIR=[some other location] All files are installed under the specified directory but using the absolute paths there. That is how the Fedora packaging system builds things currently. -- Darryl L. Pierce, Sr. Software Engineer @ Red Hat, Inc. Delivering value year after year. Red Hat ranks #1 in value among software vendors. http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/
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