Re: Why does ./configure not set prefix and exec_prefix?

[Tom Tromey]

Akim> The reason why you can't depend upon this is that somewhere,
Akim> IMHO, it is just wrong to expect make prefix=/foo to work
Akim> properly.  Specifying prefix etc. is a job for configure, not
Akim> make.

That may be, but there is a long tradition of supporting this.

Tom