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Re: pr186: DESTDIR check in distcheck
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: pr186: DESTDIR check in distcheck |
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20 Jan 2002 13:42:38 -0700 |
>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
adl> Setting --prefix to a shorter path, for instance /unexistant, is
adl> another idea, but then people running `make distcheck' as root
adl> on a buggy package might have bad surprises.
adl> Any other idea?
You could make a new read-only directory in /tmp for use as --prefix.
(Or rather TMPDIR, which will usually be /tmp.)
Tom