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(lack of) config.h description in manual

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Message #25 received at 7773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues <at> gmx.de>
To: Jack Kelly <jack <at> jackkelly.name>
Cc: "bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org" <bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org>,
	Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, 7773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: Re: bug#7773: (lack of) config.h description in manual
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:26:45 +0100

Hello Jack,

* Jack Kelly wrote on Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 03:53:44PM CET:
> I disagree that `make prefix=... install' is a poor man's DESTDIR.

OK ok, I didn't mean to offend anyone here.

> Installing using DESTDIR will install things in
> $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/bin (and so on), which is a right pain when it
> comes to using something like GNU Stow to manage /usr/local.

Sure.  Still, please don't top-post.

Thanks,
Ralf

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