gnustandards make-stds.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /sources/gnustandards
Module name:    gnustandards
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       24/03/14 18:51:37

Modified files:
        .              : make-stds.texi 

Log message:
        (sysconfdir): Clarify text about when not to use it.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/make-stds.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.70&r2=1.71

Patches:
Index: make-stds.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/make-stds.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.70
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -b -r1.70 -r1.71
--- make-stds.texi      13 Nov 2022 19:12:38 -0000      1.70
+++ make-stds.texi      14 Mar 2024 22:51:37 -0000      1.71
@@ -498,11 +498,12 @@
 write it as @file{$(prefix)/etc}.
 (If you are using Autoconf, write it as @samp{@@sysconfdir@@}.)
 
-Do not install executables here in this directory (they probably belong
-in @file{$(libexecdir)} or @file{$(sbindir)}).  Also do not install
-files that are modified in the normal course of their use (programs
-whose purpose is to change the configuration of the system excluded).
-Those probably belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
+This directory is not the right place to install executables built by
+running @samp{make}---they probably belong in @file{$(libexecdir)} or
+@file{$(sbindir)}.  Also do not install here files that will be
+modified in the normal course of their use (programs whose purpose is
+to change the configuration of the system excluded).  Those probably
+belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
 
 @item sharedstatedir
 The directory for installing architecture-independent data files which