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).