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Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly
From: |
Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:56:59 +0100 |
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>>> "Alfred" == Alfred M Szmidt <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
Alfred> --- make-stds.texi 28 Jan 2005 02:34:13 +0100 1.38
Alfred> +++ make-stds.texi 07 Feb 2005 21:20:46 +0100
Alfred> @@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ the same place as @samp{datarootdir}, bu
Alfred> variables so that you can move these idiosyncratic files without
Alfred> altering the location for Info files, man pages, etc.
Alfred> -The default definition of @samp{datadir} should be
Alfred> address@hidden(datarootdir)}. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
Alfred> +By default, it should be @file{/usr/local/share}, but write it as
Alfred> address@hidden(datadir)}. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
Alfred> @samp{@@datadir@@}.)
This patch looks wrong to me. This section describes how to
define the Makefile variables for the various directories. This
paragraph specifies how to define datadir. It currently says
that datadir should be defined as
datadir = $(datarootdir)
or
datadir = @datadir@
which is what we want. Your proposed change would tell people
to define it recursively as
datadir = $(datadir)
which isn't usable.
--
Alexandre Duret-Lutz
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, (continued)
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/06
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/06
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/06
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Karl Berry, 2005/02/06
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/06
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly,
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <=
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Karl Berry, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Karl Berry, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/02/08
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Karl Berry, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/02/07
- Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2005/02/08