Re: ncurses-5.4 configure bug - ticdir not set properly

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Paul Lew wrote:

> Problem:
>
>     When make install use a prefix different than the prefix specified
>     in the configure.  The ticdir is not updated accordingly.  The
>     result is the 'make install' wiped out an old installation.
>
> Example:
>
>     > ./configure --prefix=kit1
>     > make
>     > make install prefix=kit2

But this would work:

        make install DESTDIR=kit2

It helps - on any package - to use "make -n" to see what it will do.

>     ...
>
>     datadir=kit2/share \
>     ticdir=kit1/share/terminfo \      <== ooch!
>     ...
>
> This happens to 5.3 too.

was there an earlier bug report?

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