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Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-gui/Makefile: Replace libdir with gitgui_libdir

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Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Sep 7, 2007, 05:01 UTC
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<20070907050148.GA18160@spearce.org>
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<20070906100012.GC6665@basalt.office.altlinux.org>
"Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux.org> wrote:
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> > "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux.org> wrote:
> > > On GNU/Linux, libdir is used to mean "/usr/lib or /usr/lib64"
> > > depending on architecture.  Different libdir meaning breaks
> > > idiomatic expressions like rpm specfile "make libdir=%_libdir".
> 
> The idea is that git-gui's libdir is not a traditional arch-dependent
> libdir's subdirectory, but rather arch-independent datadir's subdirectory.
> That is, I see no reason to call it libdir even in standalone project.
Call it datadir then?  I see you point, and now agree with you.
Mind resending a patch to call it 'datadir'?
 
-- 
Shawn.
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  1. 1/3 git-gui/Makefile: Replace libdir with gitgui_libdirDmitry V. Levin, Sep 5, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceSep 6, 2007
  3. Dmitry V. LevinSep 6, 2007
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