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Re: LYNX-DEV what is the difference between "--with-cfg-file" and "--lib
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Nelson Henry Eric |
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Re: LYNX-DEV what is the difference between "--with-cfg-file" and "--libdir" |
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Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:04:30 +0900 (JST) |
> You need both options because the original request was for the ability to
> put lynx.cfg in an unrelated directory (i.e., /etc). Making it work is
> tedious (for lack of a better term) since the actual values for --libdir
> (and --prefix and --exec-prefix) have to be derived, since their evaluation
In makefile it says "## Where you want the lynx.cfg file installed" right
above the "libdir=" define. Is "libdir=" used for anything else besides
the placement of the lynx.cfg file? If not, it seems to me you are making
more work for yourself, since setting "libdir=" already works, i.e., it
places the lynx.cfg file there. I define "libdir=" as ".usr/lib", but a
person could put "/etc" or anything else there; whether "an unrelated
directory" or not seems irrelevant.
Rather than create new logic for "--with-cfg-file", it would seem just
as easy to change the name of "libdir=" to "cfgdir=" if there's some
problem with using the present name, or just make a duplicate of "libdir="
if it is needed for something else.
For simplicity of INSTALLATION, I would prefer that "--with-cfg-file"
be avoided if it is not absolutely necessary. As I see it now, all that
need be done is document the use of "libdir=" as the answer to the
"original request".
__Henry
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