Re: A little of the record question

[Nicola Pero]

> Just a little question about make...
> 
> Is there a default way to tell make that it should install everything in
> a sub-dir when running make install.
> I mean is the a way to override the default.
> Some Makefiles support install_root=/blah some use DESTDIR=/blah, but I
> would like to know if there is somethings that works always...

Are you asking about make in general ?

Then - the answer is no - there is no Makefile-independent way of telling
it to install everything in a subdir - because make rules can contain
arbitrary commands, and make has no control on those commands.  The
Makefile and its rules must have been written in such a way as to support
an option to install somewhere else; such an option depends on the
Makefile.

If you are asking about gnustep-make, well you probably already know the
answer, yes gnustep-make allows you to change the directory in which you
install, you need to set GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR.