On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:49 AM, <dherr...@tentpost.com> wrote: > Jeff Daily wrote: > >> > * Reuben Hawkins wrote on Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 05:51:52AM CEST: > >> > > In my build process, I need to have all the libraries copied to > >> > > $(top_builddir)/lib and all the bins to $(top_builddir)/bin and > >> > > headers, > > I ran into a similar issue with projects I converted to automake where > the > > developers were used to having all binaries, libraries, and headers end > up > > in the root of the source tree under bin, lib, and include, respectively. > > My answer to them was to > > > > ./configure --prefix=`pwd` > > make > > make install > > You can make this the default behavior by setting AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT in > configure.ac. > > - Daniel > > >
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