[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add DESTDIR support to Makefiles

[François Revol]

> smail D?nmez wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Following patch adds DESTDIR support so you can do :
> > 
> > make install # Normal install to /
> > make DESTDIR=/home/cartman/ffmpeg install # Install 
> > under /home/cartman/ffmpeg/usr etc
> > 
> > DESTDIR is a must for packaging. Also note that this patch doesn't 
> > affect any 
> > functionality so it works as expected.
> > 
> > Please comment/review/apply :)
> 
> 	Isn't this the kind of thing that usually belongs in the configure 
> script?
> 

No, it's one of the few really handy real features of autoconf based 
things (those done right, many fail to support that), so that you can 
install where you want, while configuring elsewhere.
Very useful when used in a bigger project.

Fran?ois.