[Dump-users] dump 0.4b13 and $(DESTDIR)

[Ambrose Li [EDP] <ac...@mi...>]

What is the supposed semantics of $(DESTDIR) in the dump Makefiles?
I tried to use $(DESTDIR) but found that what it does is very strange.
Can someone more knowledgeable look at the attached patch and see if
this is more like what is intended?

(In particular, I notice the following "problems", or perhaps it's
something wrong with my understanding of how $(DESTDIR) means:

- $(DESTDIR) is only used for links (ln -s), but the way it is used
  results in absolute links to places that may not ultimately exist
  (assuming my understanding of what $(DESTDIR) is for is correct)
  In particular, the interpretation of $(MLINKS) in the install
  target results in unsatisfied symlinks if $(DESTDIR) is nonempty

- In other places $(DESTDIR) seems to be completely ignored)


Thanks,
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