Github user janl commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/302#issuecomment-113577637
## Alright, major rework!
I made a new `./configure` script that accepts most of the customisation
options of a GNU `./configure` that behaves according to the [GNU Coding
Standards](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html).
It even includes a [test script that validates that it does what it is
supposed to
do](https://github.com/janl/couchdb/blob/ad287b43ef29964629bdac3eac469f82b78c7d7c/test/build/test-configure.sh):
Note that [most `./configure` arguments are
changed](https://github.com/janl/couchdb/commit/ad287b43ef29964629bdac3eac469f82b78c7d7c#diff-e2d5a00791bce9a01f99bc6fd613a39dR47)
now:
```
Usage: configure [OPTION]
The configure command is responsible for generating the build
system for Apache CouchDB.
Options:
-h | --help display a short help message and exit
# -u USER set the username to run as (defaults to )
--prefix=DIRECTORY set the installation prefix (defaults to )
--databasedir DIRECTORY specify the data directory (defaults to
/var/lib/couchdb)
--viewindexdir DIRECTORY specify the view directory (defaults to
/var/lib/couchdb)
--logdir DIRECTORY specify the log file (defaults to
/var/log/couchdb.log)
-c | --with-curl request that couchjs is linked to cURL
(default false)
Installation directories:
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
[PREFIX]
Fine tuning of the installation directories:
--bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
--localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
--datarootdir=DIR read-only arch.-independent data root
[PREFIX/share]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data
[DATAROOTDIR]
# --infodir=DIR info documentation [DATAROOTDIR/info]
# --mandir=DIR man documentation [DATAROOTDIR/man]
# --docdir=DIR documentation root
[DATAROOTDIR/doc/apache-couchdb]
# --htmldir=DIR html documentation [DOCDIR]
# --dvidir=DIR dvi documentation [DOCDIR]
# --pdfdir=DIR pdf documentation [DOCDIR]
# --psdir=DIR ps documentation [DOCDIR]
```
(the âcommented outâ options donât work yet but are easy to add).
### State
I used this to produce a tarball that in turn could configure itself and
install itself into all designated destinations. I havenât tried all override
options manually, but Iâm confident that they work.
There are a few niggles, but this mostly works.
### Impact
@micah this should give packagers the option to set `--exec-prefix` which
used to produce the architecture dependent sub-dirs.
### Misc
Also note the updates to the check list in [the original post on this
page](https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/302#issue-57392189).
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