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[Bug-stow] manual: use of prefix redirection @ make install time vs DEST


From: Claudio Fontana
Subject: [Bug-stow] manual: use of prefix redirection @ make install time vs DESTDIR
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:31:10 +0200
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Hello,

I quickly read through the stow manual, the chapter about how
to configure/install software from source for later use with
stow.

I think that a better course of action at make install time is
to just let the prefix be, (no prefix= redirection) and instead use
DESTDIR for the staged installation.

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#DESTDIR

DESTDIR has good support in most GNU packages (emacs included btw),
so maybe the manual could be updated to cite DESTDIR?

Thank you,

Claudio





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