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Re: improve INSTALL contents


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: improve INSTALL contents
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 07:38:56 -0600
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According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 5/13/2009 7:22 AM:
>    +Depending on the package, the default directory layout chosen during
>    address@hidden can be altered during subsequent execution of
>    address@hidden  
> 
> A `make install FOO=VAL' should never alter anything in the build
> directory.  The problem is if you pass --bindir=/foo to configure, and
> then do `make install prefix=/bar', the files installed in bindir will
> be installed in /foo, and not /bar as the user might have exepcted;
> this is why passing prefix to `make install' is a bad idea.

Agreed - which is why I went on to say this in the same paragraph:

+However, some programs need to know at
+compile time where files will be installed, so the user should ensure
+that the same directory choice is made for both @samp{make all} and
address@hidden install}.

Any suggestions on how to improve the wording to make this point more
explicit?

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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