Re: gettext-0.22.4 make fails with DESTDIR env set

[Bruno Haible]

Henrik Holst wrote:
> I can tell at least what files it installs in the DESTDIR=/package
> 
> .
> └── forge
>     └── basic
>         └── gettext
>             └── upstream
>                 └── gettext-0.22.4
>                     └── gettext-tools
>                         └── src
>                             ├── textstyle
>                             │   ├── stdbool.h
>                             │   ├── version.h
>                             │   └── woe32dll.h
>                             └── textstyle.h

I see. Fixed through
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=c374241a7a1479b1444191ca601e53ea1a5fbc74

> I think the GNU build standard should sanitize environment variables in a 
> build if its going to call down to make install. A build should not assume 
> the presence, nor the absence, of critical parameters in a call chain. 

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Bruno