Hey,
I'm trying to install GNUstep into /GNUstep with folders such as /GNUstep/System, /GNUstep/Local, etc. However, GNUstep.conf should live in /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf.
./configure --prefix=/GNUstep --with-layout=gnustep --sysconfdir=/etc
Looks like sysconfdir is not used here. And in fact, GNUstep.conf ends up in /GNUstep/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf, where it presumably won't be found by things trying to find where GNUstep is installed.
I'd like to submit this:
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@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
Example: --with-config-file=/usr/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
By default, if this option is not specified, the config file is
/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf if the prefix is /, /usr or /usr/GNUstep
- and $prefix/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf otherwise. On Apple, it is
+ and $sysconfdir/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf otherwise. On Apple, it is
always /Library/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf regardless of prefix.
],
GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE="$withval",)
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
x) GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf;;
x/usr) GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf;;
x/usr/GNUstep) GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf;;
- *) GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE="$GNUSTEP_PREFIX/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf";;
+ *) GNUSTEP_CONFIG_FILE="$sysconfdir/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf";;
esac ;;
esac
fi
Tests performed (note: I omitted --sysconfdir):
$ sudo -E make install
Creating system tools directory: /GNUstep/System/Tools
Creating makefile directories in: /GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles
Installing GNUstep configuration file in /etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
Installing gnustep-make support software
Installing makefiles
Installing Test Framework scripts
Installing Test Framework support files
Installing (and compressing) manpages
$ sudo -E make install DESTDIR=/tmp/bla
Creating system tools directory: /tmp/bla/GNUstep/System/Tools
Creating makefile directories in: /tmp/bla/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles
Installing GNUstep configuration file in /tmp/bla/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
Installing gnustep-make support software
Installing makefiles
Installing Test Framework scripts
Installing Test Framework support files
Installing (and compressing) manpages
Old behavior:
$ sudo -E make install
Creating system tools directory: /GNUstep/System/Tools
Creating makefile directories in: /GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles
Installing GNUstep configuration file in /GNUstep/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
Installing gnustep-make support software
Installing makefiles
Installing Test Framework scripts
Installing Test Framework support files
Installing (and compressing) manpages
There is an alternative which _may_ be more correct, and would yield the old behavior. Namely, the documentation says this about --sysconfdir:
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
This sounds like --sysconfdir, if omitted, should already default to PREFIX/etc; in my case, /GNUstep/etc. What do you think? Should I change my patch to result in that behavior? I'd simply add $GNUSTEP_PREFIX/ before $sysconfdir.
I'm happy to switch to --with-config-file=/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf, anyway.
Thoughts?