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Re: support for --localedir
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Eric Blake |
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Re: support for --localedir |
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Sat, 08 Nov 2003 08:07:24 -0700 |
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> I therefore propose to add a --localedir option that works like --mandir,
> --infodir, and so on.
This reminds me of my request, nearly a month ago, which seemed to fall on
deaf ears:
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2003-10/msg00033.html
The GNU Coding standards, http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_54.html#SEC54,
require $(datarootdir), $(lispdir), and $(localedir), but Autoconf does not
provide an easy way to define these for all packages and still show up in the
`configure --help' output.
Besides, the current Autoconf defaults make it impossible to just override
$(prefix) and still get binaries to /usr/bin but info to /usr/share/bin, which
violates the FHS default recommendations. Redefining $(infodir) and $(mandir)
as recommended on the GNU Coding standards (ie.
$(infodir)=$(datarootdir)/info, $(datarootdir)=$(prefix)/share) would fix
this, too.
--
Someday, I might put a cute statement here.
Eric Blake address@hidden