-prefix=/path/to/alternate' will choose an alternate location, as well as
-influencing all other directory configuration variables that were
-expressed in terms of '${prefix}' (or, put another way, all directories
-specified during 'configure' but not in terms of the common prefix must
-each be overridden at install time for the entire installation to be
-relocated). The approach of makefile variable overrides for each
-directory variable is required by the GNU Coding Standards, and ideally
-causes no recompilation. However, some platforms have known
-limitations with the semantics of shared libraries that end up
-requiring recompilation when using this method, particularly noticeable
-in packages that use GNU Libtool.
+prefix=/alternate/directory' will choose an alternate location for all
+directory configuration variables that were expressed in terms of
+'${prefix}'. Any directories that were specified during 'configure',
+but not in terms of '${prefix}', must each be overridden at install
+time for the entire installation to be relocated. The approach of
+makefile variable overrides for each directory variable is required by
+the GNU Coding Standards, and ideally causes no recompilation.
+However, some platforms have known limitations with the semantics of
+shared libraries that end up requiring recompilation when using this
+method, particularly noticeable in packages that use GNU Libtool.