from the ./configure documentation it seems like --prefix=/foo would be preferred to destdir.
But back on topic, I will try this again and double check whether this is user error. I had been building as non root and 'su'ing before 'make install', so there's a big possibility of a PATH mixup I suppose. Doug On 4/14/09, Alfred M. Szmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > However, I confirmed that "sudo make install prefix=$PWD/inst" did > install su into $PWD/inst/bin. > > Eech, this is what DESTDIR is for... Works very well with coreutils. > > make install DESTDIR=$PWD/inst > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Douglas Held [email protected] +447986527654 +1 (415) 830-6123 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
