Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Am 21.09.2013 13:47, schrieb Felipe Contreras: >>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile >>> index 3588ca1..18081bf 100644 >>> --- a/Makefile >>> +++ b/Makefile >>> @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ ifndef sysconfdir >>> ifeq ($(prefix),/usr) >>> sysconfdir = /etc >>> else >>> -sysconfdir = etc >>> +sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc >> >> Not good: There is a reason why this is a relative path. Please dig >the >> history, it's pretty clear. > >It's pretty clear it's *not* a relative path. > >What is relative about 'sysconfdir = /etc'? Thanks Johannes. Felipe, the history and this comment from the makefile should shed some light on it: # Among the variables below, these: # gitexecdir # template_dir # sysconfdir # can be specified as a relative path some/where/else; # this is interpreted as relative to $(prefix) and "git" at # runtime figures out where they are based on the path to the executable. ... So it'll probably need another makefile variable to do this cleanly. I hope that helps. Cheers, -- David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html