On 7/18/22 11:17, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
Oh, there _is_ a bug. Compare what the documentation says, with a bit
of variable expansion that I did to show the bug (between parentheses):
Documentation says:
$prefix
Should normally be */usr/local*
$localstatedir
Should normally be */usr/local/var*
But write it as *$prefix/var* (= /usr/local/var; OK)
$runstatedir
Should normally be */var/run*
But write it as *$localstatedir/run* (= $prefix/var/run)
(= /usr/local/var/run)
(!= /var/run; NOK)
Do you realize the bug now?
This is intended and not a bug, "should normally" doesn't mean that it
is, or must be. *You* are _supposed_ to pass the right thing for your
system, the defaults are (i.e. localstatedir = runstatedir) is to make
No, the defaults are not localstatedir = runstatedir. runstatedir is $localstatedir/run, AFAICR.
it easy for people just doing a "default" install, but if your system has someting else, you need to modify it (i,e., the 'should be').
I don't want something else. I want the defaults.
So not a bug, but intended behaivour.
Disagree. I'll quote exact wording of the coding standards:"$(localstatedir) should normally be /usr/local/var, but write it as $(prefix)/var" "This [$runstatedir] should normally be /var/run, but write it as $(localstatedir)/run"
It is saying "/var/run" should be written as $localstatedir/run, but that is not possible. Remember that $localstatedir is /usr/local/var in the "default" set of directories.
I know I can set $runstatedir explicitly for my system, but defaults are there so that I don't need to do it as long as I want to use the defaults. The thing is the defaults are broken.
Or am I wrong in assuming that the wording "should normally be" means that that is the default value for GNU Makefiles? I don't think so.
Cheers, Alex -- Alejandro Colomar <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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