diff -ur gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/Makefile.in gnus-5.10.6/Makefile.in
--- gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/Makefile.in	2003-04-16 23:56:17.000000000 +0200
+++ gnus-5.10.6/Makefile.in	2004-04-22 17:07:38.306066856 +0200
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@
 EMACS = @EMACS@
 XEMACS = @EMACS@
 
+DESTDIR =
+
 all: lick info
 
 lick:
 	cd lisp && $(MAKE) EMACS="$(EMACS)" lispdir="$(lispdir)" all
 
 install:
-	cd lisp && $(MAKE) EMACS="$(EMACS)" lispdir="$(lispdir)" install
-	cd texi && $(MAKE) EMACS="$(EMACS)" install
-	cd etc && $(MAKE) EMACS="$(EMACS)" install
+	cd lisp && $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(DESTDIR)" EMACS="$(EMACS)" lispdir="$(lispdir)" install
+	cd texi && $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(DESTDIR)" EMACS="$(EMACS)" install
+	cd etc && $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(DESTDIR)" EMACS="$(EMACS)" install
 
 uninstall:
 	cd lisp && $(MAKE) lispdir="$(lispdir)" uninstall
diff -ur gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/etc/Makefile.in gnus-5.10.6/etc/Makefile.in
--- gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/etc/Makefile.in	2003-02-01 17:40:40.000000000 +0100
+++ gnus-5.10.6/etc/Makefile.in	2004-04-22 17:17:11.811880720 +0200
@@ -13,24 +13,26 @@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 
+DESTDIR =
+
 install:
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(etcdir)"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)"
 	@cd $(srcdir) \
 	&& for p in gnus-tut.txt; do \
-	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
+	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
 	done
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(etcdir)/images/gnus"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/images/gnus"
 	@cd $(srcdir) \
 	&& for p in images/gnus/*.xpm images/gnus/*.pbm images/gnus/*.xbm images/gnus/x-splash; do \
-	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
+	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
 	done
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(etcdir)/images/smilies"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/images/smilies"
 	@cd $(srcdir) \
 	&& for p in images/smilies/*.pbm images/smilies/*.xpm; do \
-	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
+	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p\""; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(DESTDIR)$(etcdir)/$$p"; \
 	done
 
 uninstall: 
diff -ur gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/lisp/Makefile.in gnus-5.10.6/lisp/Makefile.in
--- gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/lisp/Makefile.in	2003-10-25 00:10:24.000000000 +0200
+++ gnus-5.10.6/lisp/Makefile.in	2004-04-22 17:08:46.452706992 +0200
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 URLDIR = @URL@
 EMACS_COMP = URLDIR=$(URLDIR) W3DIR=$(W3DIR) lispdir="$(lispdir)" srcdir=$(srcdir) $(EMACS) $(FLAGS)
 
+DESTDIR =
+
 all total: clean-some gnus-load.el
 	$(EMACS_COMP) -f dgnushack-compile
 
@@ -32,36 +34,36 @@
 
 # This entry will never install .el files if there are no .elc files.
 install-el: gnus-load.el
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(lispdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) gnus-load.el "$(lispdir)/gnus-load.el"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)"
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) gnus-load.el "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/gnus-load.el"
 	@for p in *.elc; do \
 	  p=`basename $$p c`; \
 	  if [ -f "$(srcdir)/$$p" ]; then \
-	    echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$p "$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
+	    echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$p "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
 	  fi; \
 	done
 
 install-elc: clever
 	rm -f dgnushack.elc
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(lispdir)"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)"
 	@for p in *.elc; do \
-	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
+	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
 	done
 
 install-el-elc: clever
 	rm -f dgnushack.elc
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(lispdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) gnus-load.el "$(lispdir)/gnus-load.el"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)"
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) gnus-load.el "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/gnus-load.el"
 	@for p in *.elc; do \
 	  q=`basename $$p c`; \
 	  if [ -f "$(srcdir)/$$q" ]; then \
-	    echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$q \"$(lispdir)/$$q\""; \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$q "$(lispdir)/$$q"; \
+	    echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$q \"$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$q\""; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$q "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$q"; \
 	  fi; \
-	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
+	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$p \"$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p\""; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p "$(DESTDIR)$(lispdir)/$$p"; \
 	done
 
 list-installed-shadows:
diff -ur gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/texi/Makefile.in gnus-5.10.6/texi/Makefile.in
--- gnus-5.10.6-vanilla/texi/Makefile.in	2003-10-18 15:08:27.000000000 +0200
+++ gnus-5.10.6/texi/Makefile.in	2004-04-22 17:15:56.217372832 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 REFCARD=gnus-refcard
 LOGO=gnus-logo
 
+DESTDIR =
+
 all: $(INFO_DEPS)
 
 most: texi2latex.elc latex latexps
@@ -181,21 +183,21 @@
 	rm -f gnusconfig.tex
 
 install: $(INFO_DEPS)
-	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(infodir)"
+	$(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)"
 	@list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; \
 	for file in $$list; do \
 	  for ifile in `echo $$file $$file-[0-9] $$file-[0-9][0-9]`; do \
 	    if test -f $$ifile; then \
-	      echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$ifile \"$(infodir)/$$ifile\""; \
-	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$ifile "$(infodir)/$$ifile"; \
+	      echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$ifile \"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$ifile\""; \
+	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$ifile "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$ifile"; \
 	    else : ; fi; \
 	  done; \
 	done
 	@if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version | sed 1q | fgrep -s -v -i debian' >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 	  list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; \
 	  for file in $$list; do \
-	    echo "install-info --info-dir=\"$(infodir)\" \"$(infodir)/$$file\"";\
-	    install-info --info-dir="$(infodir)" "$(infodir)/$$file" || :;\
+	    echo "install-info --info-dir=\"$(infodir)\" \"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$file\"";\
+	    install-info --info-dir="$(infodir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/$$file" || :;\
 	  done; \
 	else : ; fi