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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm index 10ef38e0af..c723715893 100644 --- a/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm +++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ The generated Makefile enables the user of the extension to invoke The Makefile to be produced may be altered by adding arguments of the form C<KEY=VALUE>. E.g. - perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/tmp/myperl5 + perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/myperl5 Other interesting targets in the generated Makefile are @@ -1369,13 +1369,13 @@ Something like C<"-DHAVE_UNISTD_H"> This is the root directory into which the code will be installed. It I<prepends itself to the normal prefix>. For example, if your code -would normally go into /usr/local/lib/perl you could set DESTDIR=/tmp/ -and installation would go into /tmp/usr/local/lib/perl. +would normally go into /usr/local/lib/perl you could set DESTDIR=/other/ +and installation would go into /other/usr/local/lib/perl. This is primarily of use for people who repackage Perl modules. NOTE: Due to the nature of make, it is important that you put the trailing -slash on your DESTDIR. "/tmp/" not "/tmp". +slash on your DESTDIR. "/other/" not "/other". =item DIR |