On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 04:11:24PM -0500, Raja R Harinath wrote: > Hi, > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is hacking definition of $(prefix) in Makefile.in the > > best way to change default prefix from something other > > than /usr/local??? > > > > Is there some macro to add to configure.in that would > > do the same? That seems like the ideal. > > Try searching for 'default prefix' in the autoconf documentation. > The answer's in there.
However: if you plan to release the code for general consumption, think twice before using it. There are few things that irritate this software installer more than having "./configure; make install" put stuff somewhere OTHER than /usr/local. -S
