auto{conf,make} & DJGPP: DESTDIR

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

I've ported autoconf 2.57 and automake 1.7.2 to DJGPP, based on Tim van
Holder's work.

Unfortunately DESTDIR support is currently broken for DJGPP.
The reason is that the generated Makefiles do things like
$(DESTDIR)$(binprefix). $(binprefix) could be something like c:/djgpp/bin and
$(DESTDIR) could be, say, d:/put/packages/here/. So $(DESTDIR)$(binprefix)
becomes d:/put/packages/here/c:/djgpp/bin, which doesn't make sense.

DJGPP supports referring to c: as /dev/c. So one possible solution to this
problem is to ensure that $(prefix) and its derivatives are always mapped to
/dev/<letter>/ paths from <letter>: paths. But where would this mapping take
place? In autoconf alone? Or would both autoconf and automake require
modification?

Please CC me on any replies, because I'm not subscribed to autoconf or
bug-automake.

Thanks, regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]