Re: question about sysconfdir

[Peter Eisentraut]

Akim Demaille writes:

> Couldn't find it either, but it's somewhere in there.  Not directly,
> but via the statement that
>
> ./configure
> make prefix=foo all
>
> is the same as
>
> ./configure --prefix=foo
> make all

There is no such statement.  The only thing that refers to prefix is

`prefix'
     A prefix used in constructing the default values of the variables
     listed below.  The default value of `prefix' should be
     `/usr/local'.  When building the complete GNU system, the prefix
     will be empty and `/usr' will be a symbolic link to `/'.  (If you
     are using Autoconf, write it as address@hidden@'.)

     Running `make install' with a different value of `prefix' from the
     one used to build the program should NOT recompile the program.

I would humbly suggest that if it cannot be proved that 'make all
prefix=/else/where' is mandated by the GCS, that it be phased out because
it is highly annoying.

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