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gnustandards make-stds.texi
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
gnustandards make-stds.texi |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:51:37 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /sources/gnustandards
Module name: gnustandards
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 24/03/14 18:51:37
Modified files:
. : make-stds.texi
Log message:
(sysconfdir): Clarify text about when not to use it.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/make-stds.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.70&r2=1.71
Patches:
Index: make-stds.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/make-stds.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.70
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -b -r1.70 -r1.71
--- make-stds.texi 13 Nov 2022 19:12:38 -0000 1.70
+++ make-stds.texi 14 Mar 2024 22:51:37 -0000 1.71
@@ -498,11 +498,12 @@
write it as @file{$(prefix)/etc}.
(If you are using Autoconf, write it as @samp{@@sysconfdir@@}.)
-Do not install executables here in this directory (they probably belong
-in @file{$(libexecdir)} or @file{$(sbindir)}). Also do not install
-files that are modified in the normal course of their use (programs
-whose purpose is to change the configuration of the system excluded).
-Those probably belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
+This directory is not the right place to install executables built by
+running @samp{make}---they probably belong in @file{$(libexecdir)} or
+@file{$(sbindir)}. Also do not install here files that will be
+modified in the normal course of their use (programs whose purpose is
+to change the configuration of the system excluded). Those probably
+belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
@item sharedstatedir
The directory for installing architecture-independent data files which
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