Inconsistent Installation prefix

[Markus Hitter]

Hello

when installing GNUstep into a non-standard location, I found a 
somewhat misleading behaviour.

In the GNUstep-HOWTO, the GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT shell variable is 
described as having precedence before the --prefix configure flag. Good 
idea.

Trying out, I do

        export GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT=/opt/bla
        ./configure

configure (and a later installation) shows this:

...
checking for GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT to use... /opt/bla/System
checking for GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT to use... /opt/bla/Local
checking for GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT to use... /opt/bla/Local
...

GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT changed !?!.



IMHO, GNUSTEP_ROOT should be used as a counterpart for the --prefix 
flag, instead.

Changes would be limited to configure its self. The meaning of all 
variables would stay the same during configuration, installation and 
use of GNUstep.


Markus

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