{"thread":{"id":"1362","subject":"[PACKAGERS] Makefile: DESTDIR vs. dest","startedAt":"2005-07-29T13:30:15Z","lastAt":"2005-07-29T16:42:28Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Petr Baudis","Joel Becker"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"6585","messageId":"20050729133015.GC21909@pasky.ji.cz","threadId":"1362","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PACKAGERS] Makefile: DESTDIR vs. dest","fromName":"Petr Baudis","fromEmail":"pasky@suse.cz","sentAt":"2005-07-29T13:30:15Z","receivedAt":"2005-07-29T13:30:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pasky@ucw.cz","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18439?v=4"},"body":"  Hello,\n\n  git has $dest in its Makefile while Cogito uses $DESTDIR. I'd like to\nask the potential users of those variables (probably mostly distribution\npackage maintainers) what's easier for them and what do they prefer, as\nI would like to unify this.\n\n  Thanks,\n\n-- \n\t\t\t\tPetr \"Pasky\" Baudis\nStuff: http://pasky.or.cz/\nIf you want the holes in your knowledge showing up try teaching\nsomeone.  -- Alan Cox\n"},{"id":"6600","messageId":"20050729164228.GP16618@ca-server1.us.oracle.com","threadId":"1362","inReplyTo":"20050729133015.GC21909@pasky.ji.cz","subject":"Re: [PACKAGERS] Makefile: DESTDIR vs. dest","fromName":"Joel Becker","fromEmail":"joel.becker@oracle.com","sentAt":"2005-07-29T16:42:28Z","receivedAt":"2005-07-29T16:42:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"joel.becker@oracle.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 03:30:15PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:\n>   git has $dest in its Makefile while Cogito uses $DESTDIR. I'd like to\n> ask the potential users of those variables (probably mostly distribution\n> package maintainers) what's easier for them and what do they prefer, as\n> I would like to unify this.\n\n\tDESTDIR is \"standardized\" by automake.  Doesn't make it best,\nbut does make it expected by a lot of folks.\n\nJoel\n\n-- \n\n\"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot \n of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a \n bad move.\"\n        - Douglas Adams\n\nJoel Becker\nSenior Member of Technical Staff\nOracle\nE-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com\nPhone: (650) 506-8127\n"}]}