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make install prefix inserted in source code with generated python files

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Message #14 received at 8362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: 8362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: make install prefix inserted in source code with generated
 python	files
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 19:35:17 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:36:45 +0200, A.T.Hofkamp wrote:
> As far as I know, "make install prefix=/path/to/writable/dir" should only change the place where 
> files are copied to, instead of injecting that new prefix into the source code. However, for Python 
> source files that are generated/modified during installation, this does not seem to hold:

really looks like you want to be using DESTDIR= instead of prefix=.
i don't think the behavior described here in general is a bug in
Automake.  that said, we should be compiling the script as part
of `all`.
-mike

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