Issue #11411: Fix typo in the Makefile that prevented 'make DESTDIR=' from
working correctly with a relative path.
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 211a703..fc3116a 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@
--prefix=$(prefix) \
--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
- --root=/$(DESTDIR)
+ --root=$(DESTDIR)/
# Here are a couple of targets for MacOSX again, to install a full
# framework-based Python. frameworkinstall installs everything, the
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/setup.py install \
--prefix=$(prefix) \
--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
- --root=/$(DESTDIR)
+ --root=$(DESTDIR)/
# Build the toplevel Makefile
Makefile.pre: Makefile.pre.in config.status
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9531d90..5a445ee 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@
Build
-----
+- Issue #11411: Fix 'make DESTDIR=' with a relative destination.
+
- Issue #11184: Fix large-file support on AIX.
- Issue #941346: Fix broken shared library build on AIX.