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[PATCH] configure.ac: Set default value for the 'prefix' variable.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>, Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com>, 71022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>, Attila Lendvai <attila <at> lendvai.name>, Matthew Trzcinski <matt <at> excalamus.com>, Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#71022] [PATCH] configure.ac: Set default value for the 'prefix' variable.
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 11:17:17 +0200

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>> Shouldn’t it read “prefix=/”?
>
> This is what I went for originally, but it would cause this error:
>
> configure: error: chosen localstatedir '//var' does not match that of the existing installation '/var'
> Installing may corrupt /gnu/store!
> Use './configure --localstatedir=/var'.
>
> So it seems Autoconf's generated configure script expects --prefix to
> *not* contain a trailing '/', which is the case for --prefix=/.

Oh I see, makes sense.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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