Re: What to do about config.h, etc...

[Rob Browning]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> $prefix is pesky, the gnu rule is to expand it at "make" time, not
> configure time, if I understand it correctly.
>
> Nosing around libguile/Makefile.am, I wonder if @prefix@ in the
> libpath.h setup should be $(prefix).  Perhaps the other @foo@'s
> similarly (though they're substituted to ${prefix}/something, so end
> up obeying a make-time prefix at least).

Hmm I'll check on that.

> Mind you personally I think anyone who configures with one prefix and
> makes with another is probably asking for trouble, in general.

Well the main thing we need is the ability to install to a prefix
different from that used at configure time.  This is required by some
of the packaging systems.

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