7.2.4 Variables for Installation Directories

See Directories Variables.

Some standards installation directories are worth more comments.

bindir

There is seemingly no standard directory for specifying architecture-independent programs, like `$(prefix)/bin)' would (letter from Tom, 1996-04-24). Further discussion on the Gnits list indicates that architecture-independent programs are rare enough that this omission is not really a problem.

includedir

Very few packages contain machine-specific header files, so it is not sure whether we need a convention for them. `$(prefix)/includes' is for all header files. There is no convention for any other place to install them (letter from Richard, 1996-02-14).