Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>     Which reminds me:  $(sysconfdir) should never include $(prefix).  If
>     there's a common need for a configuration directory under $(prefix)
>     then it should be represented by $(localconfdir) or some similarly
>     named variable.

> This is a question I would like people to discuss more
> so we can figure out what to do.

Well, I can repeat my standard statement when things like this come up:
Any package which installs parts of itself somewhere other than under
$(prefix) unless it's explicitly configured to be installed as part of the
operating system is seriously broken.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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