[GHC] #764: DESTDIR Makefile variable

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#764: DESTDIR Makefile variable
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    Reporter:  guest            |        Owner:         
        Type:  feature request  |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Build System     |      Version:  6.4.2  
    Severity:  normal           |     Keywords:         
          Os:  Unknown          |   Difficulty:  Unknown
Architecture:  Unknown          |  
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I'd like the Makefile to have a DESTDIR parameter. This is destined to
 ease package creation. After the ./configure step the system should be
 configured to be installed in $(prefix)/bin and other locations. In the
 "make install" step you would specify a different root directory, like
 "make install DESTDIR=/tmp/fake-rootdir" to get all files copied to /tmp
 /fake-rootdir$(prefix)/bin (etc) instead of the real destination
 directories.

 This is nothing new. Most famous free software packages provide some way
 or another of doing this. The DESTDIR name is the typical one in software
 using the autotools package.

 Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/764>
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