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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2003-05-11 20:25:35 (GMT)
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Patch #718286: Support DESTDIR.
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@@ -878,6 +878,10 @@ platform-specific files will be installed in subdirectories if the
directory given by --exec-prefix or the `exec_prefix' Make variable
(defaults to the --prefix directory) is given.
+If DESTDIR is set, it will be taken as the root directory of the
+installation, and files will be installed into $(DESTDIR)$(prefix),
+$(DESTDIR)$(exec_prefix), etc.
+
All subdirectories created will have Python's version number in their
name, e.g. the library modules are installed in
"/usr/local/lib/python<version>/" by default, where <version> is the