Allow use of literal paths in parcels.txt (i.e. files to be installed outside of $prefix)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/infrastructure/makeparcels.pl.in b/infrastructure/makeparcels.pl.in
index b423651c..ba22ad62 100755
--- a/infrastructure/makeparcels.pl.in
+++ b/infrastructure/makeparcels.pl.in
@@ -237,7 +237,15 @@ EOF
 			my $local_install_dir = $install_into_dir;
 			if (defined $dest)
 			{
-				$local_install_dir = "@prefix@/$dest";
+				if ($dest =~ m,^/,)
+				{
+					# Don't add $prefix if $dest is a literal path
+					$local_install_dir = $dest;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$local_install_dir = "@prefix@/$dest";
+				}
 			}
 			print SCRIPT "mkdir -p " .
 				"\${DESTDIR}$local_install_dir/\n";