2000-04-05 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
+ * header-vars.am (DESTDIR): Commented out definition.
+
* automake.in (require_file_internal): Pass --copy to libtoolize
if automake was run with `--copy'.
@SET_MAKE@
-DESTDIR =
+## We used to define this. However, we don't because vendor makes
+## (e.g., Solaris, Irix) won't correctly propagate variables that are
+## defined in Makefile. This particular variable can't be correctly
+## defined by configure (at least, not the current configure), so we
+## simply avoid defining it to allow the user to use this feature with
+## a vendor make.
+## DESTDIR =
## Some derived variables that have been found to be useful.
pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@
@SET_MAKE@
-DESTDIR =
+## We used to define this. However, we don't because vendor makes
+## (e.g., Solaris, Irix) won't correctly propagate variables that are
+## defined in Makefile. This particular variable can't be correctly
+## defined by configure (at least, not the current configure), so we
+## simply avoid defining it to allow the user to use this feature with
+## a vendor make.
+## DESTDIR =
## Some derived variables that have been found to be useful.
pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@