Re: PATCH: honour DESTDIR

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

Miles> Note that I have nothing against DESTDIR -- in fact I like it, and I
Miles> think patches to add support for it are a good thing.

Miles> However, as things stand, one can't rely on it being
Miles> implemented, and so must be prepared to do use prefix if
Miles> necessary.

I think that's a bug in the standard.  It should require DESTDIR.
What's the point of a feature you can't rely on?  It seems silly.

Needless to say, automake supports both approaches.
For some reason users seem to get attached to one or the other.
I suppose we could help enforce DESTDIR by checking it during distcheck.

Tom