From 81638f1351780eccb70bbc701ce366861a914d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Wouters <thomas@python.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:49:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #11411: Fix typo in the Makefile that prevented 'make
 DESTDIR=' from working correctly with a relative path.

---
 Makefile.pre.in | 4 ++--
 Misc/NEWS       | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 211a70354f7..fc3116a7604 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ sharedinstall: sharedmods
 	   	--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 @@ scriptsinstall:
 	./$(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 9531d908c31..5a445ee8fd0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ Extensions
 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.