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List:       subversion-dev
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] DESTDIR support for python swig targets
From:       cmpilato () collab ! net
Date:       2002-10-31 21:22:55
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Michael Wood <mwood@its.uct.ac.za> writes:

> > What's the difference between DESTDIR and prefix?  Perhaps we need
> > only DESTDIR (and lose the prefix) here?
> 
> DESTDIR is for installing into a fake root directory for packaging or
> something similar.
> 
> i.e. you install to $DESTDIR/$prefix and then you know that everything
> in there has just been installed.  Nothing in there was left over from
> an old install.  It can all be bundled into an RPM or distribution tar
> file, and is guaranteed not to mess with your installed system.
> 
> You're not supposed to use the stuff from $DESTDIR/$prefix.
> 
> I hope that makes sense :)

Check!  Makes perfect sense.  Thanks.

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