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On 03 Jun 2015 09:48, Martin Sebor wrote: > I noticed a couple pf problems with glibc installation > instructions on the Wiki. Before I go ahead and change > anything I want to make sure I'm not missing something. > > The FAQ named How do I install all of the GNU C Library > project libraries that I just built? > (http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/FAQ) > says that make install INSTALLDIR=/tmp/glibc will install > in /tmp/glibc. That's not the case and the prefix the > library was configured with is writeable. There are no > references to INSTALLDIR in glibc. The variable that does > work and that the GNU Coding Standards recommend is DESTDIR. i think it meant to say install_root as that is respected, but i agree we should just use DESTDIR as it's the standard. > The standards also recommend prefix and exec_prefix but they > don't work in glibc (that seems like a bug to me and unless > someone lets me know otherwise I'll open one in Bugzilla). configure respects --prefix fine. if you find a discrepancy between standard configure/make flags and glibc, feel free to file a bug. -mike
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