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>David Aguilar wrote:
>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
>> >> Am 21.09.2013 13:47, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
>> >>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> >>> index 3588ca1..18081bf 100644
>> >>> --- a/Makefile
>> >>> +++ b/Makefile
>> >>> @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ ifndef sysconfdir
>> >>> ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
>> >>> sysconfdir = /etc
>> >>> else
>> >>> -sysconfdir = etc
>> >>> +sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
>> >>
>> >> Not good: There is a reason why this is a relative path. Please
>dig
>> >the
>> >> history, it's pretty clear.
>> >
>> >It's pretty clear it's *not* a relative path.
>> >
>> >What is relative about 'sysconfdir = /etc'?
>>
>> Thanks Johannes. Felipe, the history and this comment from the
>makefile should shed some light on it:
>>
>> # Among the variables below, these:
>> # gitexecdir
>> # template_dir
>> # sysconfdir
>> # can be specified as a relative path some/where/else;
>> # this is interpreted as relative to $(prefix) and "git" at
>> # runtime figures out where they are based on the path to the
>executable.
>
>They *can* be, but not necessarily so, and in particular sysconfig for
>probably
>99% of the users is not relative, it's /etc.
David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>