Comment 10 for bug 1403619

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Jason (jason-helfman) wrote : Re: [Bug 1403619] Re: Makefile not respecting DESTDIR

All of this is correct, and Makefile.am should be patched. Thanks!
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/375296
- jgh

> On Dec 23, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Arthur Borsboom <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I might not have done all my homework regarding automake, so please bare
> with me.
>
> autogen.sh creates all the Makefile.in's by using Makefile.am
>
> The Makefile.in is used by ./configure, so I believe these files are necessary when creating tar ball.
> When I create the tar ball for on the website, I remove the automake tools and some other files.
>
> However, when you want to run the automake tools yourself (for example
> for you own Linux distro), you can take all the source code, by:
>
> bzr branch lp:xpad
>
> If the content of the Makefile.in is incorrect, I think we should fix this in the Makefile.am
> Which part do you believe is incorrect and what or how does it needs be fixed?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403619
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> Title:
> Makefile not respecting DESTDIR
>
> Status in Xpad:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Packaging fails when LOCALBASE (or /usr/local), is not respected.
> Attached patch addresses the issue.
>
> Contribution by Baptiste Daroussin (<email address hidden>)
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