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Re: install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 22, 2009, 16:29 UTC
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Brandon Casey <brandon.casey.ctr@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:
> Possibly it is related to the version of MakeMaker?  I am using version
> 6.17 (Revision: 1.133) along with Perl 5.8.4 on Solaris 10 x86.  The
> MakeMaker version should be in the header at the top of the perl.mak
> file.

I think that is it. DESTDIR support in MakeMaker seems to be lacking in medieval versions of Perl. It appears that it started being usable at around its 6.11 (and 6.17 you have is fine).

    http://kobesearch.cpan.org/htdocs/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/Changes.html
    https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6131#c7
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Message 14 of 22 in “install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules”
  1. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  2. Brandon CaseySep 21, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2009
  4. Brandon CaseySep 21, 2009
  5. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  6. Ben WaltonSep 21, 2009
  7. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2009
  9. Craig TaylorSep 21, 2009
  10. Craig TaylorSep 22, 2009
  11. Craig TaylorSep 22, 2009
  12. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009
  13. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2009
  15. perl/Makefile.PL: detect MakeMaker versions incompatible with DESTDIRBrandon Casey, Sep 24, 2009
  16. perl/Makefile.PL: detect MakeMaker versions incompatible with DESTDIRBrandon Casey, Sep 24, 2009
  17. Johannes SixtOct 8, 2009
  18. Brandon CaseyOct 8, 2009
  19. Brandon CaseyOct 8, 2009
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2009
  21. c^Sep 22, 2009
  22. Brandon CaseySep 22, 2009

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