[OpenAFS-devel] [PATCH] handle nesting of vars in configure.in properly

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Jeremy Katz wrote:

> > How would this give a different result than say
> > make DESTDIR=$buildroot install
> > ?
> 
> It doesn't give a different result, per se, but it is a more correct way
> of doing things.  IMHO, DESTDIR is a hack best reserved for things which
> aren't using autoconf/automake since it's so trivial to do things with
> automake and autoconf.  

Is there some document which defines how autoconf-using packages should
behave? My inclination is to avoid bizarre semantics for nesting variables
which basically give us yet another way for people to screw themselves.
The current mechanism is already too flexible.