| Systems that want to
| arrange for sysconfdir to be /etc when --prefix=/usr just have to
| install /usr/(share|etc)/config.site with:
|
| test "x$sysconfdir" != 'x${prefix}/etc' || sysconfdir=/etc
|
| I think you have misunderstood what I proposed, because this would not
| implement it. We are failing to communicate. I will try explaining
| the proposal at greater length; then maybe it will be clear.
|
| My proposal is that if you do just `make install' then the default for
| prefix and sysconfdir (and maybe some other variables) should be the
| same as now. But `make install standard_system=yes' would use
| different system-specific defaults for prefix and sysconfdir (and
| maybe some other variables).
Sorry, but I can only see failures coming up by there. If you
configured with sysconfdir=/foo and have sysconfdir have a different
value at `make install', then you broke the installation: the program
won't find its config file.
It's a common complaint that people can
./configure
make prefix=/foo
make install prefix=/foo
People should *not* be allowed to do this (i.e., it should fail),
decisions should be made at configure, not make, so
./configure --prefix=/foo
make
make install
Please, note I am not referring to
./configure --prefix=/
make
make install prefix=/bar
which is fine with me.
