right way to compile wine with a "buildroot" DESTDIR is missing

[Alexandre Julliard]

Raul Dias <chaos at swi.com.br> writes:

> After building I have to use an ugly make install
> in orther to install it into another dir that is different
> from the one.

What's so ugly about that make install?  Could you show us the
commands you are using?

> So what I really would like to know is
> which way is the right way to install wine in a dir different
> than %prefix or /usr/local (default %prefix)?

The right way is to run configure with the final prefix, run make, and
then run make install with the prefix set to the package build
location.

> Is there any chance to get a DESTDIR implemented in the Makefiles?

Sure, if there is a good reason for it.

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Alexandre Julliard
julliard at winehq.com