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-rw-r--r--INSTALL7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5c6c14a84c..f3238c293a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -650,9 +650,10 @@ Here's one way to do that:
cd /opt/perl # Or wherever you specified as $prefix
tar xvf perl5-archive.tar
-Alternatively, perl honors the DESTDIR variable in the make install
-call. DESTDIR is automatically prepended to all the installation paths.
-With DESTDIR, the above example can we written as:
+Alternatively, the DESTDIR variable is honored during C<make install>.
+The DESTDIR is automatically prepended to all the installation paths
+(and there is no need to edit anything). With DESTDIR, the above
+example can we written as:
sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl -des
make