[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/pkg-autotools.mk: set --localstatedir=/var by default

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Sat Oct 18 13:03:09 UTC 2014


On 18/10/14 00:36, Jörg Krause wrote:
> `localstatedir` is a common autoconf variable like prefix and sysconfdir. At 
> this time 25 autotools and one generic package uses this Makefile variable. 22 
> of the autotools packages use --localstatedir=/var, the remaining use custom 
> settings.
> 
> Setting `localstatedir` to /var is consistent with the Filesystem Hierarchy 
> Standard (FHS). So it's time to move it as a common definition in the 
> autotools infrastructure. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jörg Krause <jkrause at posteo.de>

Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>


 Regards,
 Arnout

> ---
>  package/pkg-autotools.mk | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
> index 2c93dd9..3c5430f 100644
> --- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
> +++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
> @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
>  		--prefix=/usr \
>  		--exec-prefix=/usr \
>  		--sysconfdir=/etc \
> +		--localstatedir=/var \
>  		--program-prefix="" \
>  		--disable-gtk-doc \
>  		--disable-doc \
> @@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
>  		./configure \
>  		--prefix="$$(HOST_DIR)/usr" \
>  		--sysconfdir="$$(HOST_DIR)/etc" \
> +		--localstatedir="$$(HOST_DIR)/var" \
>  		--enable-shared --disable-static \
>  		--disable-gtk-doc \
>  		--disable-doc \
> 


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