changeset 10134:821793e3049c

Makefile: added instructions on how to override PREFIX
author Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
date Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:28:53 +0100
parents 8cb482a0d39e
children 270367ec4d30
files Makefile
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Makefile	Wed Dec 23 20:34:09 2009 +0100
+++ b/Makefile	Wed Dec 23 23:28:53 2009 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# If you want to change PREFIX, do not just edit it below. The changed
+# value wont get passed on to recursive make calls. You should instead
+# override the variable on the command like:
+#
+# % make PREFIX=/opt/ install
+
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 export PREFIX
 PYTHON=python