Comment 6 for bug 687864

> Apparently with waf we also have to install the package to somewhere first. Did I get
it wrongly?

> I always do this:
> ./waf configure --prefix=$PWD/_inst_
> ./waf install

I don't understand, what is your goal?

For prepare a package, you can use the desdir option (like DESTDIR with autotools:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html):

./waf configure --prefix=/usr --desdir=$PWD/_inst_