Re: [gnu.org #742057] Make standard targets

On 04/11/2012 09:01 AM, Dave Yost wrote:
> Actually, I think the configure “prefix” feature should be deprecated.
>
> Software should be written to find everything it needs at runtime relative to the path of the invoked binary.
'./configure --prefix=/foo'

means that package should get installed under '/foo', which is a very
useful feature.

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Configuration

Peter