>I just read the one about excluding sendmail and amd from a build if
>DESTDIR is not defined, and that's got me concerned.

you certainly don't *need* to exclude them.  i think that was just
there as an example.  a good example, imho, since i *only* want to
build sendmail if DESTDIR is set.  i don't want the one i'm using to
be replaced by the one in the tree.

>I'm one of those foolhardy people who builds things in place (and, by
>and large, it just works); do I need to set DESTDIR=/ in order to
>be sure these are built?

i think you just don't exclude them.

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