On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 08:53:35PM -0400, Sebastian LaVine wrote:
> Previously, if you had changed your PREFIX in config.mk to something
> like ~/.local, then instead of installing to /home/user/.local, a
> directory called '~' would be created in the project directory. Commands
> are also performed without quotes in the Makefiles of other suckless
> projects, like st or dwm.
> ---
>  Makefile | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 1b95d15..acc3246 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -44,22 +44,22 @@ dist: clean
>  
>  install: all
>       @echo installing executable files to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
> -     @mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin"
> -     @cp -f ${BIN} "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin"
> -     @chmod 755 "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/tabbed"
> +     @mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
> +     @cp -f ${BIN} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
> +     @chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/tabbed
>       @echo installing manual pages to ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
> -     @mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1"
> -     @sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < tabbed.1 > 
> "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1"
> -     @chmod 644 "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1"
> -     @sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < xembed.1 > 
> "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1"
> -     @chmod 644 "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1"
> +     @mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
> +     @sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < tabbed.1 > 
> ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1
> +     @chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1
> +     @sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < xembed.1 > 
> ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1
> +     @chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1
>  
>  uninstall:
>       @echo removing executable files from ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
> -     @rm -f "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/tabbed"
> -     @rm -f "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/xembed"
> +     @rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/tabbed
> +     @rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/xembed
>       @echo removing manual pages from ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
> -     @rm -f "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1"
> -     @rm -f "${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1"
> +     @rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/tabbed.1
> +     @rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/xembed.1
>  
>  .PHONY: all options clean dist install uninstall
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
> 

Hi,

I prefer with quotes. You can still do make PREFIX=~/.local or whatever.
Otherwise you could use $HOME.

-- 
Kind regards,
Hiltjo

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