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> I would agree with this. To save problems with patches and me forgetting to
> change, I now typically try not to change anything and use (from csh):
> xmkmf -a
> make MANPATH=/public/man LIBDIR=/public/lib BINDIR=/public/bin
> !! install
> !!.man
> 

I used to use this sort of thing all the time to install stuff in my
personal bin directory.

One thing to watch out for is that if the program feels it needs to
make directories it will try to execute $BINDIR/mkdirhier which is
usually in the wrong place for customized installs. The simplest way
around this is to make sure you symlink mkdirhier into the new BINDIR.

Another approach is to make your own site.def and have imake search it
first by using the IMAKEINCLUDE variable:
IMAKEINCLUDE=-I/dir_with_myconfig
The manual isn't too clear on this, but it should work okay.