Re: How to specify /var/lib in autoconf?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:21:36PM CEST:
> [moving to bug-automake]

FWIW, moving isn't practical if the original reporter isn't kept in Cc:.

> According to Eric Blake on 4/24/2009 9:48 AM:
> > David Bruce writes:
> > 
> >>>  AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALSTATEDIR=\"$(pkglocalstatedir)\"
> >> But is pkglocalstatedir predefined, like pkgdatadir, pkglibdir, and
> >> pkgincludedir? It doesn't seem like it.
> > 
> > Not yet.  But if you file a bug report to automake, I'm sure Ralf would 
> > consider adding it.
> 
> Ralf, what do you think - is there enough use for $(pkglocalstatedir) to
> make it an automatic part of automake?

This is the first time I hear of its need.  Is one user enough to
warrant another predefined variable in every Makefile of every package?
(This is not a rhetoric question.)

Thanks,
Ralf