URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55461>
Summary: User --docdir configuration ignored
Project: GNU troff
Submitted by: bavier
Submitted on: Sun 13 Jan 2019 01:43:13 AM EST
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Build/Installation
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Details:
In the 1.22.4 release of groff, a --docdir option passed to `configure' is
ignored.
This seems to be because the 'docdir' variable is set in Makefile.am:165,
which effectively overrides the substitution done by the configure script
(either of the default value as well as from the user).
Is there a particular reason for the desire to override the default value by
adding a version number, rather than leaving that to distribution packagers or
users? If so, this may need to go to Autoconf, which doesn't seem to provide
a good way to override the default substitutions for these core variables. It
would seem justified in this case, given that the GNU Standards for 'docdir'
say that it may include a version number.
Until the Autoconf support is fixed, I would suggest removing the override of
'docdir'.
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