Append $(DESTDIR) to all $(bindir), $(datadir) and $(mandir). Got this patch from OE commit id 709c4d66e0b107ca606941b988bad717c0b45d9b Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [not author] Index: dbench-3.04/Makefile.in =================================================================== --- dbench-3.04.orig/Makefile.in 2006-09-17 20:21:07.000000000 +0200 +++ dbench-3.04/Makefile.in 2006-09-17 20:21:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ # Careful here: don't install client.txt over itself. install: all - ${INSTALLCMD} -d $(bindir) $(datadir) $(mandir) - ${INSTALLCMD} dbench tbench tbench_srv $(bindir) - ${INSTALLCMD} client.txt $(datadir) - ${INSTALLCMD} -m644 dbench.1 $(mandir) - ln -sf dbench.1 $(mandir)/tbench.1 - ln -sf dbench.1 $(mandir)/tbench_srv.1 + ${INSTALLCMD} -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir) + ${INSTALLCMD} dbench tbench tbench_srv $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) + ${INSTALLCMD} @top_srcdir@/client.txt $(DESTDIR)$(datadir) + ${INSTALLCMD} -m644 @top_srcdir@/dbench.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir) + ln -sf dbench.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/tbench.1 + ln -sf dbench.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/tbench_srv.1 clean: rm -f *.o *~ dbench tbench tbench_srv