Re: Core-utils 7.2; building only 'su'

[Eric Blake]

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According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 4/14/2009 6:49 AM:
>    `To install FOO in a staging directory, use `make install DESTDIR=...''
> 
> I like that.
> 
>    packages where DESTDIR doesn't work properly.  But automake already
>    does such a good job at providing DESTDIR support (especially if
>    the user remembered to run 'make distcheck'), that I think it would
>    be nice if using AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE did make the ./configure --help
>    mention the future effect of DESTDIR.
> 
> I agree.  Does distcheck actually test DESTDIR?

Absolutely, along with proper VPATH builds; two aspects that many
non-automake packages get horribly wrong.
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Preparing-Distributions

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