For packaging it is useful to be able to install to a custom temporary installation location. The existing PREFIX variable is not enough for this purpose because it will lead to incorrect pkg-config files (e.g. setting PREFIX="$pkgdir/usr" leads to includedir=$pkgdir/usr/include while it should be includedir=/usr/include instead). DESTDIR is the standard name for this variable, defined by the GNU coding standards.
For packaging it is useful to be able to install to a custom temporary installation location. The existing
PREFIXvariable is not enough for this purpose because it will lead to incorrect pkg-config files (e.g. settingPREFIX="$pkgdir/usr"leads toincludedir=$pkgdir/usr/includewhile it should beincludedir=/usr/includeinstead).DESTDIRis the standard name for this variable, defined by the GNU coding standards.Fixes: #35 Also see: Arch Linux FS#64881