Peter Breitenlohner <peb <at> mppmu.mpg.de> writes:
> > test "$libdir" = NONE && libdir='${prefix}/lib64'
>
> Hi Eric, Tom,
>
> both of you are wrong (at least for Autoconf 2.63). It ought to be
>
> test "$libdir" = '${exec_prefix}/lib' && libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib64'
Yes, thanks for the corrections. For that matter, putting this in the manual
would be nice. Meanwhile, I noticed that the manual wasn't entirely accurate,
and also that the pdf version could use some nicer line breaks. So I'm
committing this:
From: Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 09:01:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document lib64 in config.site.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo in FHS sample file.
Mention use of lib64.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Tom Browder, with help from Peter Breitenlohner.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
THANKS | 1 +
doc/autoconf.texi | 18 +++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a706db2..7ae64b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-02-03 Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
+
+ Document lib64 in config.site.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo in FHS sample file.
+ Mention use of lib64.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Reported by Tom Browder, with help from Peter Breitenlohner.
+
2009-01-28 Eric Blake <e...@byu.net>
Use AC_DEFUN_ONCE for uncontroversial one-shot macros.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 74895cf..a4d9c23 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 0d20f2a..4e487df 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19737,12 +19737,12 @@ Site Defaults
and @code{cache_file} have their default values (as set near the top of
@command{configure}) before changing them.
-Here is a sample file @file{/usr/share/local/gnu/share/config.site}. The
+Here is a sample file @file{/usr/share/local/@/gnu/share/@/config.site}. The
command @samp{configure --prefix=/usr/share/local/gnu} would read this
file (if @code{CONFIG_SITE} is not set to a different file).
@example
-# config.site for configure
+# /usr/share/local/gnu/share/config.site for configure
#
# Change some defaults.
test "$prefix" = NONE && prefix=/usr/share/local/gnu
@@ -19770,7 +19770,7 @@ Site Defaults
the locations recommended by @acronym{FHS}.
@example
-# /usr/local/config.site for FHS defaults when installing below /usr,
+# /usr/share/config.site for FHS defaults when installing below /usr,
# and the respective settings were not changed on the command line.
if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
test "$sysconfdir" = '$...@{prefix@}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc
@@ -19779,6 +19779,18 @@ Site Defaults
fi
@end example
+...@cindex lib64
+...@cindex 64-bit libraries
+Likewise, on platforms where 64-bit libraries are built by default, then
+installed in @file{/usr/local/@/lib64} instead of @file{/usr/local/@/lib},
+it is appropriate to install @file{/usr/local/@/share/config.site}:
+
+...@example
+# /usr/local/share/config.site for platforms that prefer
+# the directory /usr/local/lib64 over /usr/local/lib.
+test "$libdir" = '$...@{exec_prefix@}/lib' &&
libdir='$...@{exec_prefix@}/lib64'
+...@end example
+
@c ============================================== Running configure Scripts.
--
1.6.0.4
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