Re: cannot install...to a directory not ending in

[Albert Chin]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 05:26:07PM -0400, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> I tried DESTDIR.  It doesn't do what I want.  If I specify
> 
>     % ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
>     % make
>     % make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah
> 
> ...then the install process builds out /blah/blah/usr/local.
> We can't use that.
> 
> Let me explain better what it is I am doing.
> 
> The players that are relevant to this particular issue:
> 
> 1.  /afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
> 
>     The installed destination for a bison build.  We build
>     everything as follows, and always have:
> 
>         ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
>         make
>         make install prefix=/afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
> 
>     After that build, /afs/blah/dest/sun4x_59/local/bison/1875
>     looks like:
> 
>         % ls
>         bin/    info/   lib/    man/    share/
>         %
> 
>     Disregard that I am using bison as an example.  It's only
>     an example.

Then how about:
  % ./configure --prefix=/
  % make
  % make install DESTDIR=/blah/blah

-- 
albert chin (address@hidden)