--- tools/perf/Makefile

+++ tools/perf/Makefile

@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ STRIP ?= strip

# runtime figures out where they are based on the path to the executable.

# This can help installing the suite in a relocatable way.

+# Make the path relative to DESTDIR, not to prefix

+ifndef DESTDIR

prefix = $(HOME)

+endif

bindir_relative = bin

bindir = $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative)

mandir = share/man

@@ -235,7 +238,6 @@ sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc

ETC_PERFCONFIG = etc/perfconfig

endif

lib = lib

-# DESTDIR=

export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir