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install, uninstall, installdirs should not alter the build dir.

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Richard M. Stallman 1995-01-04 19:37:36 +00:00
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@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ the file names where they should reside for actual use. If there is a
simple test to verify that a program is properly installed, this target
should run that test.
If possible, write the @code{install} target rule so that it does not
modify anything in the directory where the program was built, provided
@samp{make all} has just been done. This is convenient for building the
program under one user name and installing it under another.
The commands should create all the directories in which files are to be
installed, if they don't already exist. This includes the directories
specified as the values of the variables @code{prefix} and
@ -205,6 +210,9 @@ Delete all the installed files that the @samp{install} target would
create (but not the noninstalled files such as @samp{make all} would
create).
This rule should not modify the directories where compilation is done,
only the directories where files are installed.
@comment The gratuitous blank line here is to make the table look better
@comment in the printed Make manual. Please leave it in.
@item clean
@ -327,6 +335,9 @@ installdirs: mkinstalldirs
$(libdir) $(infodir) \
$(mandir)
@end smallexample
This rule should not modify the directories where compilation is done.
It should do nothing but create installation directories.
@end table
@node Command Variables