Re: [PATCH] DESTDIR support for python swig targets

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:44:06PM -0600, cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
> "Craig Peterein" <craig@peterein.org> writes:
>
[snip]
> And actually, isn't $(prefix) just plain wrong in this instance? I
> mean, $(prefix) is the install location for Subversion itself, which
> might be completely different than where I want my Python modules
> dumped.
>
> What's the difference between DESTDIR and prefix? Perhaps we need
> only DESTDIR (and lose the prefix) here?

DESTDIR is for installing into a fake root directory for packaging or
something similar.

i.e. you install to $DESTDIR/$prefix and then you know that everything
in there has just been installed. Nothing in there was left over from
an old install. It can all be bundled into an RPM or distribution tar
file, and is guaranteed not to mess with your installed system.

You're not supposed to use the stuff from $DESTDIR/$prefix.

I hope that makes sense :)

-- 
Michael Wood <mwood@its.uct.ac.za>
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