Re: keeping $exec-prefix et al unexpanded

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Philip Willoughby wrote:
[snip]
> Since the only reason I've been given to keep the variables unexpanded is
> so that you can do:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
> make prefix=/tmp/usr install
> cd /tmp
> tar cfz binary-tarball.tgz usr
> 
> this seems to me to be a bit of a redundant feature.
[snip]

I use this feature every time I make DJGPP packages of GNU programs. Please
don't remove it.

Bye, Rich =]

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