Hi/2.

Paul Eggert wrote:
> KO Myung-Hun wrote:
> 
>> +      echo '#ifdef __KLIBC__'; \
>> +      echo '# define UNIXROOT  "/@unixroot"'; \
>> +      echo '#else'; \
>> +      echo '# define UNIXROOT  ""'; \
>> +      echo '#endif'; \
>> +      echo '#define PREFIX UNIXROOT "$(prefix)"'; \
>> +      echo '#define EXEC_PREFIX UNIXROOT "$(exec_prefix)"'; \
> ...
> 
> Instead of this complication, why not simply suggest to OS/2 builders
> that they build with --prefix=/@unixroot/whatever?  That sounds simpler
> and easier for builders to understand than to have Gnulib do this stuff
> under the rug.
> 

Some time ago, some unixy shells and utils on OS/2 does not understand
/@unixroot notation. They were not built by kLIBC, which supports
/@unixroot notation. However now most of them are being replaced by ones
built by kLIBC.

So your suggestion is reasonable. Thanks.


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KO Myung-Hun

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