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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] makefiles - Add PREFIX definition

from [Ian Jackson] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] makefiles - Add PREFIX definition
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:17:13 +0000
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Bastian Blank writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] makefiles - Add PREFIX 
definition"):
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:38:34PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > Short of this being configurable, I think this should be
> > PREFIX ?= /usr
> > in order to allow overriding it through the environment.
> 
> Hmm. Usualy you don't use environment but makeflags to overwrite them.
> And both variants are overwritten by them.

Yes, but people might like to do either.  I think ?= is better practice.

Ian.

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