On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Brian May wrote: > >%_On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 08:02:37PM -0700, Jim Lynch wrote: > > your makefile install target has to have a DESTDIR variable (well, I don't > > think the name is so important, however debhelper I think does use this name > > for this concept). > > I believe Makefiles created with automake already have this capability > built in - although the original poster didn't say if automake was being > used, I strongly suspect this to be have been the case.
yes it was.... -- John Travers "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us!"