Re: Why does ./configure not set prefix and exec_prefix?

[Tom Tromey]

Mo> Has anyone come up a reason why setting the ${prefix} and
Mo> ${exec_prefix} variables at the top of ./configure would be bad?

You want the directory variable to be defined in terms of each other
in the Makefile if the user does not override them.  That makes the
"make prefix=..." trick easier for the end user.

Tom