From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 07:54:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Is it possible to build `git` such that the install directory and the deployment prefix is not the same?
Message-ID: <xmqqmvty8soc.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAO8bsPDQ2BX1U0D9=pa99_nkEeRWzuN6QzsMw+2u0GPqO6M9kw@mail.gmail.com>

Henry Qin <root@hq6.me> writes:

> Here is the question, copied below for your convenience:
>
> """
> I am attempting to build git from source, and I would like make
> install to put the binaries into a directory called dist in my source
> directory, so I use the following configure line.
>
> ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist

You probably want to use DESTDIR instead, e.g.

    $ make prefix=/usr/local DESTDIR=/var/tmp/dest

The standard way to phrase your question is "how do I 'make install'
to install to a fake location so that I can tar up the result into a
tarball?" (the key part being "so that..."), I think.