On 1/16/2011 12:13 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > (I for one often do 'make install DESTDIR=/tmp/dest' merely to > tar up the installation tree to be scp'ed to another machine where > the NFS share is mounted rw.)
Actually, Ralf's example (or one very similar to it) is the *primary* use of DESTDIR. It's how many packaging tools -- like rpm, or cygport on cygwin -- create installable binary packages. -- Chuck
