Re: [Freeipmi-devel] Re: $(localstatedir)

[Ian Zimmerman]

Ian> Well, actually given the way the #Q&%ing autotools work, it means
Ian> I'll have to override localstatedir on configure command line
Ian> (because by default it's derived from prefix, so it would be
Ian> /usr/var).

Al> Oh wait, I remember why I wanted to bring this up.  By hard coding
Al> /var/lib/freeipmi/ipckey, the 'make distcheck' fails when you aren't
Al> root.  This is the case with Redhat and the version of autotools
Al> they have on RHEL3 atleast.  Do we just stick with this??

Yes, I know about this.  IMHO it is a bug in automake (expletive deleted).
It should use $DESTDIR for this, not $prefix.

So, yes, we stick with it until automake is fixed.  Or until hell freezes
over, whichever comes first.

Ian