Ralf Wildenhues wrote, quoting me:
>>>> you could just inline the assignment:
>>>>
>>>> mandir=`echo $mandir | sed s?^${prefix}?/usr/local?`
>>>> in your configure.ac.
>>>
>>> Which will make your package blatantly incompatible with the old
>>> version of the GCS;
>>
>> Eh? The OP's intent may not be strictly GCS compliant in any case,
>> but I fail to see how this would make it any less so.
>
> Erm, when I
> ./configure --prefix=/foo
>
> then some stuff will be installed outside /foo?
With respect, that's rather irrelevant, for using `--mandir=/bar/man'
will have the same effect -- well, except that doing it behind the user's
back, without requiring the `--mandir=...' specification isn't a very
friendly thing to do :-)
Cheers,
Keith.
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