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Title:
  build system should support setting a prefix

Status in ocamlbricks - a library of ocaml components:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  The way Debian packages builds work is that "make install" is run with
  a custom prefix or DESTDIR variable, so that files are installed in
  the debian/tmp subdirectory. That is usually implemented by specifying
  a prefix during the configure phase, or by setting a variable.

  The custom build system in ocamlbricks does not allow to do that. If
  you override libraryprefix in CONFIGME and set it to
  debian/tmp/usr/lib/ocaml, 'make' then fails to find lablgtk2, because
  it looks for it in debian/tmp/usr/lib/ocaml/lablgtk2/

  It would be better to move away from the custom build system, and use
  something more standard. Since I'm not usually involved in ocaml
  packaging, I cannot make a recommandation, but if needed, I could ask
  the right people.

  Alternatively, this could be worked-around using dirty hacks in the package building process, but:
  (1) these will be very dirty hacks
  (2) it would only fix the problem for Debian
  Generally, it is much easier to improve the build system, since it benefits everybody.

  Thanks,

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