Description: use DESTDIR correctly
Standard makefiles always attempt to install to the root(/). Setting
DESTDIR is the normal way to install to an alternative location.
Setting prefix has the possibility of breaking programs, as the prefix
may have been embedded inside a compiled binary.
From: Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com>
Signed-off-by: ian.pratt@cl.cam.ac.uk
Description: use INSTALL everywhere
Use install(by way of INSTALL variables) to create directories, install
programs, and install data files.
From: Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com>
Signed-off-by: ian.pratt@cl.cam.ac.uk
Description: support PIC code generation
Libraries have 2 methods of being compiled; a .so must contain non-pic
objects, while the .a can contain standard objects.
From: Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com>
Signed-off-by: ian.pratt@cl.cam.ac.uk
Fix parallel make problems (some rules had multiple dependencies which
themselves were inter-dependent).
Fix netbsd build when 'uname -i' is unavailable -- default to i386.
kaf24@scramble.cl.cam.ac.uk
iap10@labyrinth.cl.cam.ac.uk
mjw@wray-m-3.hpl.hp.com
kaf24@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk