@c 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
@c or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
@c with no Invariant Sections, with no
@c Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
* Makefile Basics:: General conventions for Makefiles.
* Utilities in Makefiles:: Utilities to be used in Makefiles.
* Command Variables:: Variables for specifying commands.
-* Directory Variables:: Variables for installation directories.
* DESTDIR:: Supporting staged installs.
+* Directory Variables:: Variables for installation directories.
* Standard Targets:: Standard targets for users.
* Install Command Categories:: Three categories of commands in the `install'
rule: normal, pre-install and post-install.
$(INSTALL_DATA) libfoo.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libfoo.a
@end example
-The @code{DESTDIR} variable is specified by the user, either to the
-@file{configure} script or, more commonly, on the @code{make} command
-line. For example:
+The @code{DESTDIR} variable is specified by the user on the @code{make}
+command line. For example:
@example
make DESTDIR=/tmp/stage install
certainly want to use subdirectories, or two nodes with the same name
in different manuals will overwrite each other.
-Please make these @code{install-@var{format}} targets invoke the
+Please make these @code{install-@var{format}} targets invoke the
commands for the @var{format} target, for example, by making
@var{format} a dependency.