Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.7's `make clean' is Overzealous.

[David Levine]

Ralph wrote:

> Hi David,
> >
> > (${PACKAGE_TARNAME} defaults to nmh for nmh.)
> > Why not for libexecdir and sysconfdir, as well?
>
> Because /usr/share/doc has traditionally always had subdirectories under
> it as otherwise everyone's README would clash?

Same for libexecdir and sysconfdir.  Why doesn't autoconf append
${PACKAGE_TARNAME} to their defaults?

> Except it doesn't, now, seem broken so no fix is required?

It is broken now:

    $ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/nmh --libexecdir=/usr/libexec/nmh 2>&1 | \
      egrep 'libexec|config files'
    libexec install path       : /usr/libexec/nmh/nmh
    config files install path  : /etc/nmh/nmh

> At best, a configure option could disable appending `nmh' to two of the
> three,

configure needs to be fixed obey all of its --*dir options.

David