Re: by default in /var and not in /usr/var/ ?

linuxcbon linuxcbon <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Thiago Macieira <[email protected]> wrote:
> The GNU Autoconf default is /usr/local/var, since the default prefix is
> /usr/local.

yes,  I meant with option --prefix=/usr
and without any options, it's /usr/local/var

> Which is why everyone who builds an autotools-based project with --prefix=/usr
> also passes --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc.
> That's the standard.

No, most of people who compile stuff only do  --prefix=/usr
So yes, there is a problem with autoconf, I will ask them what's going
on with standards.
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