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

[David Bruce]

Hi,

Thanks for your attention to this!

>> 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.)

Please don't get the impression that I think you should have to add
this just on account of me.

fwiw, I'm also trying to make my project more correct in its handling
of settings, so I similarly defined:

pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/$(PACKAGE)

Looking at my Debian system, there are quite few "/etc/$(PACKAGE)"
directories for various programs, so I would guess that
$(pkgsysconfdir) would have some use.  Then again, I'm far from an
expert at automake.

Best,

David Bruce