[kaffe] 'make install' doesn't obey prefix override

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Thu Dec 26 14:21:38 PST 2002


Dan Kegel wrote:
> It is customary when cross-compiling to override
> prefix at 'make install' time.  This lets you "install"
> to a staging area which can then be packaged up
> for inclusion in the initial ramdisk, or whatnot.
> 
> However, kaffe-1.0.7's makefiles don't seem to allow this.

User error.  The correct way to override the destination when installing is:

make install DESTDIR=/tmp/snort

Sorry for the line noise.
- Dan

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