On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040...@freenet.de> wrote:
> On 01/22/2017 01:47 PM, Till Maas wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:47:15PM +0100, Alec Leamas wrote:
>>>
>>> At a glance: the usual convention is 'make DESTDIR=... install', not
>>> 'make
>>> install DEST=---'
>>
>>
>> Actually there is %make_install which is recommended by the Packaging
>> Guidelines IIRC.
>
>
> %make_install is just a wrapper to one single common case of
> "make install".
>
> Pointing to it is not helpful, when investigating packaging issues (It
> obscures commands) nor is it helpful to enforce it in reviews, because there
> are many cases it does not work
>
> IMO (with my FPC hat on) %make_install and %make_build should be dropped and
> burried once and for all times.
>
> Ralf

It's helpful when local build environments use testable versions of
"make". It allows the macro to be published and used consistently
across many packages.
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