From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:29:02 GMT
Subject: Re: install does not obey DESTDIR or --prefix for perl modules
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In-Reply-To: <Hfm4AdtlXpMutgmdj0vm7yb0ucfu_cijUloasBDWh6NfRCwLhP4OCA@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>

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