fail to destroot port with only makefile

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On 7 Mar 2017, at 17:29, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> The Makefile does not support DESTDIR. Ideally, fix the Makefile to support DESTDIR and submit that to the developers.

MacPorts Guide links to http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html, where it states 'You should not set the value of DESTDIR in your Makefile at all'. Eventually, I used
destroot.args        prefix=${destroot}${prefix}

> This question is better asked on macports-dev, since it's about developing ports, not using existing ports.

Sorry, I thought macports-dev was for MacPorts devs only. It's not very practical, I'd rather get mail from topics I start, reply to or am interested in, instead of being subscribed to 2 lists.