On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 04:29:47PM +0200, Maxence Guesdon wrote: > > > I think it would be nice to preprend $(DESTDIR) to > > installation variables, IIRC in master.Makefile.in. Example: > > > > libdir=$(DESTDIR)@libdir@ > > > > So, we can change the root like this: > > make install DESTDIR=/some/where > > I can't do that because one of the modules of cameleon, > used by cameleon and cam-config, is created by the configure > script and contains the installation directories > (cameleon/cam_installation.ml.in -> cameleon/cam_installation.ml). > This would result in cameleon looking for shared plugins > and default templates in wrong directories, and cam-config > printing wrong directories.
But DESTDIR would only be used for installation. When it's empty, this doesn't change anything: it is meant to be overriden for installation purpose. I may be possible to find another solution though. -- Jérôme Marant
