Re: gettext

[Bruno Haible]

address@hidden writes:
> if `make install' recompiles (or even compiles something) the
> program it is violating the GCS (GNU Coding Standards).

"make install" relinks some shared libraries for installation; it can
be argued that this violates the GNU Coding Standards but the fix
would require deep changes in libtool, and on some operating systems
it wouldn't work at all.

> > The recommended way (recommended by the GNU standards) is through the
> > DESTDIR variable. Like this:
> 
> The GCS does not recommend anything like that ...  DESTDIR is an optional
> variable according to the GCS.

The mere mention of DESTDIR in the GNU Coding Standards amounts to a
recommendation.

Bruno