diff -up hdf-4.2.10/config/examples.am.destdir hdf-4.2.10/config/examples.am
--- hdf-4.2.10/config/examples.am.destdir	2014-02-09 19:28:50.000000000 -0700
+++ hdf-4.2.10/config/examples.am	2014-02-14 10:02:35.039386643 -0700
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CLEANFILES=$(EXAMPLE_PROG)
 
 # How to create EXAMPLEDIR if it doesn't already exist
 $(EXAMPLEDIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$@
 
 # Install and uninstall rules.  We install the source files, not the
 # example programs themselves.
@@ -57,39 +57,39 @@ uninstall-local:
 install-examples: $(EXAMPLEDIR) 
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_FILES); do                                     \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
-	    chmod a-x $(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+	    chmod a-x $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR)/$$f;                                     \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES); do                              \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR)/. || exit 1);    \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_TOP_FILES); do                                 \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/. || exit 1); \
-	    chmod a-x $(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/$$f;                                  \
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/. || exit 1); \
+	    chmod a-x $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/$$f;                                  \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 	@for f in X $(INSTALL_TOP_SCRIPT_FILES); do                          \
 	  if test $$f != X; then                                             \
-	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/. || exit 1); \
+	    (set -x; $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR)/. || exit 1); \
 	  fi;                                                                \
 	done
 
 uninstall-examples:
-	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_FILES)" -a -d $(EXAMPLEDIR); then           \
-	  set -x; cd $(EXAMPLEDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_FILES);              \
+	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_FILES)" -a -d $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR); then           \
+	  set -x; cd $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_FILES);              \
 	fi
-	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES)" -a -d $(EXAMPLEDIR); then    \
-	  set -x; cd $(EXAMPLEDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES);       \
+	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES)" -a -d $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR); then    \
+	  set -x; cd $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLEDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILES);       \
 	fi
-	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_TOP_FILES)" -a -d $(EXAMPLETOPDIR); then    \
-	  set -x; cd $(EXAMPLETOPDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_TOP_FILES);       \
+	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_TOP_FILES)" -a -d $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR); then    \
+	  set -x; cd $$(DESTDIR)(EXAMPLETOPDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_TOP_FILES);       \
 	fi
-	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_TOP_SCRIPT_FILES)" -a -d $(EXAMPLETOPDIR); then    \
-	  set -x; cd $(EXAMPLETOPDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_TOP_SCRIPT_FILES);       \
+	@if test -n "$(INSTALL_TOP_SCRIPT_FILES)" -a -d $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR); then    \
+	  set -x; cd $(DESTDIR)$(EXAMPLETOPDIR) && $(RM) $(INSTALL_TOP_SCRIPT_FILES);       \
 	fi
 
 installcheck-local: