>  | Yes, it is (for DESTDIR=/ builds). And I really don't like the fact that
>  | people keep saying "don't do this" about DESTDIR=/ builds. Either officialy
>  | don't support it, or make sure that it works by testing it.
>
>It wouldn't faze me if we deprecated support in build.sh for DESTDIR=/
>builds; it causes too many support issues due to the "chicken and egg"
>issue caused by potential circular dependancies in the tool build process...

build.sh already yells if you do DESTDIR=/ with a warning. It could be more
explicit probably but it's a start.

James