On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Richard Levitte via RT <r...@openssl.org> > wrote: >> That's correct for 1.1.0. install_sw honors --prefix. We made that change to >> get away from all the weird magic around the combinations of --prefix and >> --openssldir that happened in previous versions. >> >> In other words, it's not a bug, it's a feature. Closing this ticket. > > Gotta love unexpected changes :) They don't seem related given the > documented behaviors: > > * 'make install' installs the library and man pages > * 'make install_sw' install the library only > > Then we have: > > * if neither --prefix nor --openssldir, then use /usr/local/ssl > * If --openssldir and not --prefix, then use --openssldir > > I don't know what to expect if both --prefix and --openssldir because > I don't use it. is --prefix actiling like $DESTDIR for make recipes?
By the way, here's there reference for DESTDIR and staged installs: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#DESTDIR . I don't want either of them. I only want to install the library in the directory of my choosing :) Jeff -- Ticket here: http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4601 Please log in as guest with password guest if prompted -- openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev