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@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Installing crosstool-NG
The hacker's way
Shell completion
Contributed code
+ Preparing for packaging
Configuring crosstool-NG
Interesting config options
Re-building an existing toolchain
@@ -191,6 +192,17 @@ There is no guarantee that a particuliar contribution applies to the current
version of crosstool-ng, or that it will work at all. Use contributions at
your own risk.
+Preparing for packaging |
+------------------------+
+
+If you plan on packaging crosstool-NG, you surely don't want to install it
+in your root file system. The install procedure of crosstool-NG honors the
+DESTDIR variable:
+
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr
+ make
+ make DESDTDIR=/packaging/place install
+
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/
Configuring crosstool-NG /