David Aguilar wrote: > 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. They *can* be, but not necessarily so, and in particular sysconfig for probably 99% of the users is not relative, it's /etc. -- Felipe Contreras -- 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