[Fedora-packaging] %makeinstall - must not or should not use it?

[Matthew Miller]

> "Fedora's RPM includes a %makeinstall macro but it must NOT be used when
                                                     ^^^^

"should"?

> make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} will work.  %makeinstall is a kludge
> that can work with broken Makefiles that don't make use of the DESTDIR
> variable but it has the following potential issues:"

What if it doesn't have those issues in a particular case?

Also, I'm not sure it's particularly fair to use the term "broken" for
makefiles which don't include a DESTDIR variable. As far as I'm aware,
that's not a _requirement_ for a makefile -- just a handy convention.

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