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Re: Honor DESTDIR in w32api and mingw
Eric Blake wrote:
>> +++ winsup/mingw/Makefile.in 15 Oct 2009 20:30:09 -0000
>> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
>> top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
>> top_builddir = @top_builddir@
>
>> +DESTDIR =
>> +
>
> Why are you setting DESTDIR? My understanding is that for DESTDIR to work
> reliably, you need to use $(DESTDIR), but not set it. Then make will
> default it to empty, which can be changed by either 'make DESTDIR=...' or
> 'env DESTDIR=... make -e'.
Oh, ok. I'll take those bits out -- I'm just always used to explicitly
setting it (empty). I see that, if they support DESTDIR at all, both
automake-generated and custom Makefile.in's in src/ seem to follow your
rule.
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Chuck