No I hadn't but I just tried it did, and it didn't work. If I set TOPDIR manually then it does, but that's not the point.
The point is that "make <path to package/install" use to work and is documented as working, but it does not. As I pointed out in my post both "make <path to package/compile" and full builds work. Now that I know the "install" action is deprecated I won't try to use it and I won't worry about it any further.
Thanks for the reply.
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