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List:       util-linux-ng
Subject:    Re: Suggested changes to util-linux for FHS compliance.
From:       Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-02-19 17:12:14
Message-ID: b936be7a-15e8-575d-fb9b-8f57ad82803d () gmail ! com
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On 2/19/21 5:14 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 09:37:21AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Perhaps another solution would be to make the default for localstatedir be
>> /var instead of PREFIX/var.
> 
> Ah, I see what do you mean.
> 
> We do not alter $localstatedir in the configure script at all. This is is
> probably the problem you see. For the other directories we default to /bin,
> /lib, ... when the default prefix (NONE or /usr) detected.
> 
> It seems $localstatedir and $sysconfdir need our care too.
> 
> I have committed:
>   
>    https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/3d2899651791bcb4ee8fe4e605acc83f3ae3471b
> 
> Please, try it. The final summary from ./configure should be also
> more verbose about the paths now.

Thanks Karel.  Works for us.

   -- Bruce

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