DESTDIR not heeded during make install

[jengelh]

First known bad version: cdecl-16.4
Last known good version: cdecl-16.3

Issue Type

1. Build-time issue: you get either a compile-time error or warning while building cdecl.

Build-time Issue

What error or warning did you get?

$ make install DESTDIR=/tmp/rt
...
make[3]: Entering directory '~/cdecl-16.4/share/bash-completions/completions'
make[4]: Entering directory '~/cdecl-16.4/share/bash-completions/completions'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/bash-completions/completions
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/share/bash-completions’: Permission denied
make[4]: *** [Makefile:1551: /usr/local/share/bash-completions/completions] Error 1

What compiler and version are you using?

gcc version 13.2.1 20240509 [revision b7a2697733d19a093cbdd0e200ffce069a4bc812] (SUSE Linux) amd64

What operating system and version (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, etc.) are you building on?

Linux 6.9.0 amd64

[paul-j-lucas]

Try the HEAD revision and see if it works.

[paul-j-lucas]

Having not heard back and since I think the fix works as of 16.4.1, closing.

[jengelh]

works.