Re: feature request: add optional $DESTDIR support to install

[Pádraig Brady]

Etienne Laurin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> By modifying install to support DESTDIR I was able to effortlessly
> create packages for many source distributions that do not support
> DESTDIR but use install.
> 
> This patch adds the -P and --destdir options, which, if present,
> prefix their argument or the value of $DESTDIR to the destination.

But if you need to change the package to add the -P option,
you might as well make it support DESTDIR?
Using -P would make your package dependent on a new version
of coreutils and also would miss packages that use cp, ln etc.

> Please consider adding this functionality to install.

Something similar was discussed recently:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-02/msg00047.html

cheers,
Pádraig.