updated docs for DESTDIR

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 52d9f4a0a63d140497a24d0b729d1de345ab7a4d..385d29ef086ab13479945338f194143c7e030291 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ New in 1.2g:
 * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP
 * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation
 * Preliminary support for Java
+* DESTDIR support at "make install" time
 \f
 New in 1.2:
 * Bug fixes

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 0d58077956dc0729dd194aa7fa14ed5740993325..5c9bd2cf43cf0112a5083ab6b0198d4a5c70a7da 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -2091,10 +2091,11 @@ both of these targets.
 @trindex install-exec
 @trindex install
 
-Automake also generates an @code{uninstall} target, and an
-@code{installdirs} target.
+Automake also generates an @code{uninstall} target, an
+@code{installdirs} target, and an @code{install-strip} target.
 @trindex uninstall
 @trindex installdirs
+@trindex install-strip
 
 It is possible to extend this mechanism by defining an
 @code{install-exec-local} or @code{install-data-local} target.  If these
@@ -2117,6 +2118,11 @@ the name (eg @samp{myexecbin_PROGRAMS} is installed by
 @samp{install-exec}.  All other user-defined prefixes are installed by
 @samp{install-data}.
 
+Automake generates support for the @samp{DESTDIR} variable in all
+install rules; see @xref{Makefile Conventions, , , standards, The GNU
+Coding Standards}.
+@vindex DESTDIR
+
 
 @node Clean, Dist, Install, Top
 @chapter What Gets Cleaned

diff --git a/stamp-vti b/stamp-vti
index d2a184f8f3e44f1147fd1d4ac0e58dab9008b062..e93b213777cbe60f5f19a1fed84e17a0cb36da3b 100644 (file)
--- a/stamp-vti
+++ b/stamp-vti
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@set UPDATED 18 March 1998
+@set UPDATED 20 March 1998
 @set EDITION 1.2g
 @set VERSION 1.2g

diff --git a/version.texi b/version.texi
index d2a184f8f3e44f1147fd1d4ac0e58dab9008b062..e93b213777cbe60f5f19a1fed84e17a0cb36da3b 100644 (file)
--- a/version.texi
+++ b/version.texi
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@set UPDATED 18 March 1998
+@set UPDATED 20 March 1998
 @set EDITION 1.2g
 @set VERSION 1.2g