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According to Jules Colding on 2/7/2008 3:41 AM:
|> Note that ./configure defaults this to ${prefix}/var, but if you're
|> building a binary package for a distribution you'd use
|> --localstatedir=/var.
|
| Yes, I've tried that one, but I found it annoying that I had to define
| it at configure time to get rid of the pre-pended ${prefix}.
Autoconf follows the GNU Coding Standards, which states that the package
must install into ${prefix}/var unless configured otherwise. Yes, this
default conflicts with the recommendations of FHS, meaning that to follow
the FHS, you must select the the alternate path at configure time. Most
distros include a packaging system that takes care of calling configure
with the correct arguments for that distro. Sorry, this isn't likely to
change in autoconf.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx
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