GNU bug report logs - #35886
Built-in variable dependency issue with bindir/exec_prefix/prefix

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Package: automake;

Reported by: "Sternberg, Jay E" <jay.e.sternberg <at> intel.com>

Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 17:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: "Sternberg, Jay E" <jay.e.sternberg <at> intel.com>
To: 35886 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35886: Built-in variable dependency issue with bindir/exec_prefix/prefix
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 17:33:24 +0000

Built-in variables are stored in the generated Makefile in ascending sort order.  This results in dependency issues specifically for bindir and exec_prefix. after running './configure --prefix /usr'; the resulting Makefile variables are as follows:

...
bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin
build_alias =
builddir = .
...
dvidir = ${docdir}
exec_prefix = ${prefix}
host_alias =
...
pdfdir = ${docdir}
prefix = /usr
program_transform_name = s,x,x,
...

The result is that when make install uses bindir, the value is "/bin", not "/usr/bin"

Cheers,
Jay
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