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Re: Clarification request: AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([.]) and AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
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Václav Zeman |
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Re: Clarification request: AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([.]) and AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS collide. |
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Wed, 3 Dec 2014 12:24:29 +0100 |
On 3 December 2014 at 11:32, Thomas Jahns wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed having a default prefix of . causes AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS to fail.
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> Is this a bug in AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT (or its documentation) or in
> AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS?
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> Regards, Thomas
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> P.S.: the failure looks like this
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> ....
> config.status: executing depfiles commands
> === configuring in yaxt (/path/to/package_top/directory_sub)
> configure: running /bin/sh ./configure --disable-option-checking
> '--prefix=.' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
> configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: .
> configure: error: ./configure failed for directory_sub
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I do not know the internals but this does look like a deliberate foot
shooting preventive measure rather than bug.
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VZ