[haskell-platform] #196: add DESTDIR parameter to Haskell Platform installer Makefile

[haskell-platform]

#196: add DESTDIR parameter to Haskell Platform installer Makefile
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 Reporter:  chrisdornan             |        Owner:  MtnViewMark
     Type:  enhancement             |       Status:  assigned   
 Priority:  minor                   |    Milestone:  2013.2.0.0 
Component:  Generic source tarball  |   Resolution:             
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Comment(by AlainODea):

 I am trying to prepare a PKGSRC package for SmartOS and I'm having this
 same issue.

 DESTDIR support is in the majority of the 11,000 packages currently in
 PKGSRC.  There are a handful of packages for which patching the build is
 needed.

 Not having DESTDIR support seriously complicates the job of package
 maintainers regardless of packaging system.

 This exact use case is described in the automake manual:
 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/DESTDIR.html

 This install.sh isn't quite correct. It won't put the ${PKG}.conf files in
 the correct location.  I have a hackish one-off solution that depends on
 the version of GHC, but I'm sure you folks can outdo my naive hacks.

 I will add it as a patch to the PKGSRC package build, but I'd be much
 happier to have it in upstream.

 Please integrate this fix.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/196#comment:2>
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