[csw-maintainers] gar default change...

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Sun Sep 13 22:11:17 CEST 2009


Hi Ben,

Am 12.09.2009 um 17:05 schrieb Ben Walton:
> Excerpts from Dagobert Michelsen's message of Sat Sep 12 10:45:49  
> -0400 2009:
>
> Hi Dago,
>
>> /var/opt/csw. Additionally, every Makefile containing $(sysconfdir)
>> or $(localstatedir) will get something like this in the head of the
>> file in the same commit:
>>
>>   # The default has been changed to /etc/opt/csw and /var/opt/csw.
>>   # Please remove the lines below after reviewing that your package
>>   # > still works.  > sysconfdir = /opt/csw/etc > localstatedur =
>>   # /opt/csw/var
>
> I like this.  Do you mean every Makefile _not_ containing explicit
> settings for those variables though?  This could potentially cause
> problems for packages that only override $(prefix) too...

Ok, so it would be safest to add the header and existing default
to *every* Makefile to ensure the issue has been looked at when
the package is next reviewed. Better safe and remove some lines
then get strange effects after release. Thoughts?


Best regards

   -- Dago



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