Changes to allow for functional
make DESTDIR=/tmp/root install

Apply at top of source tree, with
 patch -p0 -u <thisfile

--- src/Makefile.in.old	2003-01-07 02:01:07.900012783 -0800
+++ src/Makefile.in	2003-01-07 02:02:02.840011000 -0800
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@
 
 
 install-exec-local:
-	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(bindir)/egrep
-	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(bindir)/fgrep
+	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/egrep
+	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fgrep
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT:
--- po/Makefile.in.in.old	2003-01-07 02:01:15.850019189 -0800
+++ po/Makefile.in.in	2003-01-07 02:03:54.630004000 -0800
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@
 install-data-no: all
 install-data-yes: all
 	if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	  $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(datadir); \
+	  $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
 	else \
-	  $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(datadir); \
+	  $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
 	fi
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  case "$$cat" in \
-	    *.gmo) destdir=$(gnulocaledir);; \
-	    *)     destdir=$(localedir);; \
+	    *.gmo) destdir=$(DESTDIR)$(gnulocaledir);; \
+	    *)     destdir=$(DESTDIR)$(localedir);; \
 	  esac; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed 's/\$(CATOBJEXT)$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$$destdir/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@
 	done
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext"; then \
 	  if test -r "$(MKINSTALLDIRS)"; then \
-	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(gettextsrcdir); \
+	    $(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  else \
-	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(gettextsrcdir); \
+	    $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  fi; \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Makefile.in.in \
-			  $(gettextsrcdir)/Makefile.in.in; \
+			  $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir)/Makefile.in.in; \
 	else \
 	  : ; \
 	fi
--- ChangeLog.old	2003-01-07 01:44:01.780018572 -0800
+++ ChangeLog	2003-01-07 01:45:04.680062000 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-13  Philip Brown <address@hidden>
+	* patched src/Makefile.in and po/Makefile.in to respect
+	  DESTDIR variable, like all self-respecting GNU Makefiles should
+
 2002-03-13  Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <address@hidden>
 	* configure.in, m4/regex.m4, m4/malloc.m4, m4/realloc.m4:
 	  Don't set LIBOBJS directly, autoconf 2.53 doesn't like it