On 3 Jul 2001, Thayne Harbaugh wrote:
>
> There are two patches here:
>
> gii_confdir.patch fixes a problem with expanding gii_confdir in the
> Makefiles as well as removes an unused gii_libdir variable. The problem
> with gii_confdir is that it is built from $sysconfdir and is fully
> expanded after configuring - usually being /etc/ggi. The problem is
> that many build/packaging systems legitimately change sysconfdir between
> build and installation. If gii_confdir doesn't have a late binding then
> it won't have this redirection. I strongly caution against introducing
> file layout variables other than the standard GNU list (sysconfdir,
> datadir, bindir, includedir, and so forth) especially when the real
> intention is to piggy-back on top of the standard list.
>
> This gii_confdir is to libgii/configure.in and various Makefile.am files
> throughout the tree - Makefile.in files must be rebuilt with the GNU
> automake. There are also some addition documentation changes that
> accompany the change. These same changes need to be made in libggi and
> libgalloc.
>
> gii_gg_link.patch fixes the before mentioned problem about linking
> against the system libgg and not the libgg in the libgii source/build
> tree.
But I think, you have forgotten to attach your patches, right?
CU,
Christoph Egger
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