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Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.7's `make clean' is Overzealous.

2017-12-04 19:34:50
Ralph wrote:

Hi David,

(${PACKAGE_TARNAME} defaults to nmh for nmh.)
Why not for libexecdir and sysconfdir, as well?

Because /usr/share/doc has traditionally always had subdirectories under
it as otherwise everyone's README would clash?

Same for libexecdir and sysconfdir.  Why doesn't autoconf append
${PACKAGE_TARNAME} to their defaults?

Except it doesn't, now, seem broken so no fix is required?

It is broken now:

    $ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/nmh --libexecdir=/usr/libexec/nmh 2>&1 | \
      egrep 'libexec|config files'
    libexec install path       : /usr/libexec/nmh/nmh
    config files install path  : /etc/nmh/nmh

At best, a configure option could disable appending `nmh' to two of the
three,

configure needs to be fixed obey all of its --*dir options.

David

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