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.

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