On Sunday 05 December 2010, Jack Kelly wrote: > Remark: This may be unrelated. > > I don't know about overriding in Makefile.am, but overriding $(prefix) > is important for supporting GNU Stow. To set up a package for Stow, > you configure for one prefix and install under another (note that this > isn't the same as using $(DESTDIR) - that dumps the whole directory > tree under the target path). > > Example: > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME > make > make prefix=$HOME/stow/foo-x.y.z > cd $HOME/stow > stow foo-x.y.z > > So whatever you do with the variable ordering, I hope it doesn't break > overrides from the command line. > Oh, it must absolutely not break that, since the behaviour you want is mandated by the GNU coding standards, and cannot be changed. Breaking it would be a *grave* automake bug. So I guess you're safe in this respect.
Regards, Stefano
