Quoth Don Blaheta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > $ ./configure --prefix=/final/location
> > $ make
> > $ make DESTDIR=/temporary/location install
>
> Way cool, this is **exactly** the sort of thing I was looking for. It
> works pretty well, but the DESTDIR seems not to propagate low enough;
> a whole bunch of stuff does get correctly installed into my temp
> location, but eventually it tries to install mutt into /cs/bin.
Interesting. I just tried it myself and I didn't have this problem.
Are you perhaps using an old version of make? The last 3 lines of my
Makefile read:
# Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
# Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
.NOEXPORT:
(Those lines come from /usr/share/automake/footer.am and are inserted
by automake.)
You could try removing those lines, or try the following trivial
Makefile ("make VAR=bar") with and without .NOEXPORT, or try a newer
version of make, of course.
VAR = foo
outer:
@$(MAKE) inner
inner:
@echo VAR=$(VAR)
.NOEXPORT:
I did have a different problem installing as non-root, with this line
in the Makefile:
chgrp mail $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/mutt_dotlock && \
Anyway, fortunately I do have the root password for every machine I
use ...
Edmund
