Re: [PATCH] DESTDIR support for python swig targets

Michael Wood <mwood@its.uct.ac.za> writes:

> > 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 :)

Check! Makes perfect sense. Thanks.

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Received on Thu Oct 31 22:27:08 2002