Dave Symonds <dsymonds@xxxxxxxxx> (14/11/2005): > It seems that this just does what passing --prefix=BLAH to the > configure script would do. Is there any difference? I thought that my answer will look like: "Why am I so often so stupid? That's good! Choosing ... for BLAH" But there is a (huge) difference. The prefix is something like /usr or /usr/local or whatever. The DESTDIR variable tells where to install (as target) the generated files. You can have a look at debian/rules to figure out where DESTDIR is used, and to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-modify.en.html#s-destdir (Sorry for the RTFM-style, but it's more verbose than I can be.) If I compile graphthing with the following argument, I get that the first joined file instead of the second: --prefix='\$$(DESTDIR)/usr' That's why I think that your proposition doen't solve the problem. Bye, -- Cyril
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