scp custom and default targets

I am having difficulty getting
scp to work with custom target variables.
scp works fine with default target variables. 

For example, this works. 

aap PREFIX=scp://[email protected]// install-local 

 --specifications.aap--
CUSTOMDIR = /tmp
INSTALL_CUSTOM += \
 test1.txt
 test2.txt
CUSTOMPERMISSIONS = 0644
 --end specifications.aap-- 

 --main.aap--
PKGNAME = SCP-Tester-GX50-Turbo 

:include specifications.aap 

install-local :
 @install_files(_no.CONFDIR,
 @              _no.INSTALL_CUSTOM,_no.CUSTOMPERMISSIONS)
 --end main_works.aap-- 

The following sends to /tmp 

PKGNAME = SCP-Tester-GX50-Turbo 

:include specifications.aap 

install-local :
 @install_files(_no.CUSTOMDIR,
 @              _no.INSTALL_CUSTOM,_no.CUSTOMPERMISSIONS) 

Aap: Copied "test1.txt" to "/tmp/test1.txt"
Aap: Copied "test2.txt" to "/tmp/test2.txt" 

So, when I try to alter, inside specifications.aap
CUSTOMDIR=$PREFIX/tmp 

I get it installed on the remote computer into a
directory called "/root/scp:/[email protected]/tmp/" 

Aap: Copied "test1.txt" to "/home/sharrison/tmp/tmp4cRcYK"
Aap: /usr/bin/scp -C -p '/home/sharrison/tmp/tmp4cRcYK' 
'[email protected]:/scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp/test1.txt'
scp: /scp://[email protected]///tmp/test1.txt: No such file or directory
Aap: looks like the directory does not exist, creating it
Aap: ssh [email protected] mkdir -p /scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp
Aap: /usr/bin/scp -C -p '/home/sharrison/tmp/tmp4cRcYK' 
'[email protected]:/scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp/test1.txt'
Aap: Moved "../tmp/tmp4cRcYK" to 
"scp://[email protected]//scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp/test1.txt"
Aap: Copied "test2.txt" to "/home/sharrison/tmp/tmpAuBZ85"
Aap: /usr/bin/scp -C -p '/home/sharrison/tmp/tmpAuBZ85' 
'[email protected]:/scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp/test2.txt'
Aap: Moved "../tmp/tmpAuBZ85" to 
"scp://[email protected]//scp://root@mycomputeretc///tmp/test2.txt" 

I really need to specify custom directory locations
inside a file (e.g. specifications.aap) and I would like
to specify PREFIX from the command-line. 

I saw a patch related to DESTDIR and @install_files, but
not sure if this is related. 

Thanks for your help. 

Regards,
Scott 




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