Hello Sven, * Sven Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-23 15:30]: > Nico Golde wrote on 22/03/2005 20:04: > >Isn't DESTDIR obsolete, if the script understands prefix? > >regards nico > > Not necessarily. Many source Packages (read: upstream source) understand > prefix, but only take that into account for binaries (and use a different > one for data files or manpages). Furthermore, prefix is often used to > modify default file locations used in the binary (i.e. where to expect the > config file or data files). DESTDIR is explicitly _only_ used in the > install target (and sometimes in the uninstall target) but has no > influence on the pathes compiled into the installed files while prefix has > such an influence.
Ok thank you very much for your further information. regards nico -- Nico Golde - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GPG: 1024D/73647CFF http://www.ngolde.de | http://www.muttng.org | http://grml.org VIM has two modes - the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't -- encrypted mail preferred
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