On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Grey Wolf wrote:

> There's only one problem with attempting to do
> 
>         make DESTDIR=/build build
> 
> [assuming, of course, that /build is your alternate hierarchy, as it is mine.]
> 
> You still have to install your .mk files in the canonical place, and
> you need to install your includes in /usr/include, or the 'make build'
> won't work.

The last time I checked this (and I don't recall any changes), one only
needed to do a `cd etc; make DESTDIR=/build distrib-dirs' before
attempting to build to a newly-created $DESTDIR.  I could be behind the
times, though.

--scott