Jookia writes: > Hey there, > > Over the past month a few people (myself included) have been hit by the > 'gotcha' > of not running ./configure with "--localstatedir=/var". It doesn't say this in > the documentation but I question whether not having it as /var is a sane > default. I'm sure this is somehow tied to the conventions of /usr/local. > Here's how this issue could be fixed, in order of usefulness:
Just chiming into the chorus: this really confounded me. I think the breakdown here is a good one. I'd love to see one of these approaches taken.
