MAKEFLAGS support required to override prefix at install time

[Matt Kraai]

Howdy,

I'm trying to use Stow on an HP-UX 10.20 system.  The Stow manual
recommends specifying one prefix at configure time and then overriding
it at install time.  That is,

 $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME
 ...
 $ make
 ...
 $ make install prefix=$HOME/stow
 ...

When I try this, it installs files using the original prefix (i.e.,
$HOME), not the override (i.e., $HOME/stow).

If I enable UNIX95 behavior in the system make (which enables support
for MAKEFLAGS) or use GNU Make, the prefix can be overridden at
install time.

Is there anything Automake could or should do to address this problem?

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