Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 13:50:07 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> the default is --prefix=/usr/local or --prefix=/usr which is
> a common place to put cygwin binaries.  I just don't want us using the
> default any more.

So *any* non-default value is okay?

Most packages I ported use --prefix='${DJDIR}'.  This allows to get
Makefile's which work for others, even if they don't run the configure
script before building.  In particular, "make install" works with
Makefile's included in the source distribution.