Re: dpkg-buildpackage problem
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 02:02:03AM +0200, Simon Hürlimann wrote:
> > > try changing
> > >
> > > > ./configure (lots of stuff here) --datadir=/etc/X11
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > > ./configure (lots of stuff here) --datadir=${prefix}/etc/X11
> >
> > No, don't!
>
> yup, DON'T!
> 2nd try:
> /configure (lots of stuff here) --datadir=${prefix}/../etc/X11
>
> should work now!?
No, because that might cause "/usr/../etc/X11" to be put into generated
files, and what's the point in that? Just hardcode the normal paths into
configure, and skew them at make install time to be able to install into
a subdirectory.
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