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Re: [PATCH] Honor sysconfdir when set as an configure option

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KKKacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl>
Date
Apr 28, 2011, 21:22 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 02:05:09PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Kacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl> writes:
> > ./configure can be run with option --sysconfdir=...
> > and Makefile should respect that choice.
> Thanks.  That statement is not wrong per-se, but your patch will result in
> git_etcdir always set to the same as $(sysconfdir) that is an absolute
> path, which in turn would mean that the build product with prefix set to
> something other than /usr won't relocate well, no?

Only when ./configure is used. But autotools do not support relative paths, as far as I know. When autotools are not used, it is still possible to have relative path in git_etcdir.

-- 
  Kacper Kornet
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Message 7 of 26 in “Respect definition of prefix from autotools in ETC_GITCONFIG and ETC_GITATTRIBUTES”
  1. Respect definition of prefix from autotools in ETC_GITCONFIG and ETC_GITATTRIBUTESKacper Kornet, Apr 28, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2011
  3. Kacper KornetApr 28, 2011
  4. 1/1 Honor $(prefix) set in config.mak* when defining ETC_GIT* and sysconfdirKacper Kornet, Apr 28, 2011
  5. Honor sysconfdir when set as an configure optionKacper Kornet, Apr 28, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2011
  7. Kacper KornetApr 28, 2011
  8. Johannes SixtMay 3, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2011
  10. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  11. Kacper KornetMay 4, 2011
  12. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  15. Johannes SixtMay 5, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  17. Johannes SixtMay 6, 2011
  18. Kacper KornetMay 5, 2011
  19. Johannes SixtMay 5, 2011
  20. Kacper KornetMay 5, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2011
  22. Johannes SixtMay 9, 2011
  23. Kacper KornetMay 9, 2011
  24. Kacper KornetMay 27, 2011
  25. Kacper KornetMay 5, 2011
  26. Kacper KornetMay 4, 2011

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