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commit 52a96052723ca134505eb915f0546e3e84ca6444
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Feb 8 08:13:27 2008 -0700

    Describe a config.site that can be used for FHS compliance.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo.  Add new example
    for FHS.
    * THANKS: Update.
    Reported by Jules Colding and Ralf Wildenhues.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    8 ++++++++
 THANKS            |    1 +
 doc/autoconf.texi |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b61b26c..a003d47 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-02-08  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       Describe a config.site that can be used for FHS compliance.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo.  Add new example
+       for FHS.
+       * THANKS: Update.
+       Reported by Jules Colding and Ralf Wildenhues.
+
 2008-02-02  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <grep>: Fix typo.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 6e5ca5b..8d83bbd 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ John Interrante             address@hidden
 John W. Eaton               address@hidden
 Jonathan Kamens             address@hidden
 Joseph S. Myers             address@hidden
+Jules Colding               address@hidden
 Julian Onions               address@hidden
 Julien Danjou               address@hidden
 Julio Garvia                ?
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 395b2c1..b0668a8 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -17865,8 +17865,8 @@ file (if @code{CONFIG_SITE} is not set to a different 
file).
 # Change some defaults.
 test "$prefix" = NONE && prefix=/usr/share/local/gnu
 test "$exec_prefix" = NONE && exec_prefix=/usr/local/gnu
-test "$sharedstatedir" = '$prefix/com' && sharedstatedir=/var
-test "$localstatedir" = '$prefix/var' && localstatedir=/var
+test "$sharedstatedir" = '${prefix}/com' && sharedstatedir=/var
+test "$localstatedir" = '${prefix}/var' && localstatedir=/var
 
 # Give Autoconf 2.x generated configure scripts a shared default
 # cache file for feature test results, architecture-specific.
@@ -17877,6 +17877,26 @@ if test "$cache_file" = /dev/null; then
 fi
 @end example
 
address@hidden Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
address@hidden FHS
+
+Another use of @file{config.site} is for priming the directory variables
+in a manner consistent with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
+(@acronym{FHS}).  Once the following file is installed at
address@hidden/usr/share/config.site}, a user can execute simply
address@hidden/configure --prefix=/usr} to get all the directories chosen in
+the locations recommended by @acronym{FHS}.
+
address@hidden
+# /usr/local/config.site for FHS defaults when installing below /usr,
+# and the respective settings were not changed on the command line.
+if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
+  test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc
+  test "$sharedstatedir" = '${prefix}/com' && sharedstatedir=/var
+  test "$localstatedir" = '${prefix}/var' && localstatedir=/var
+fi
address@hidden example
+
 
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