On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 06:00:40PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Karel Zak writes:
> 
> > $ make install prefix=/home/PG_DEVEL/X/
> 
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > /usr/lib/postgresql/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/#
> 
> I have fixed this.  Note, however, that this probably won't do what you
> want anyway, because the compiled-in path references will still use the
> prefix you specified to configure.  The only uses for "make install
> prefix=elsewhere" are some rather specific circumstances where the
> location specified for installation will be mapped the location used at
> use time, e.g. with symlinks (e.g., using GNU Stow), or with an AFS file
> system.  If you simply change your mind about the installation prefix you
> need to make distclean first and rebuild everything.

 Yes, you are right. But "make install prefix=..." can be used for
package building if you want install all to some temp directory and
compress it.

                                Karel

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