Re: Which variable expands to /var?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand.  With this config.site file, you still have
> to `./configure --prefix=/usr' in order for the changes to apply.  But
> then, even without the config.site file, users will generally overwrite
> packages tools.

That is a good point.  In that case, then having the pre-installed 
config.site under /usr/share is a good idea since at least it assures 
that files go in the same general places as the existing install.

> Of course I agree that default config.site files are problematic for the
> plain reason that they alter behavior in a way not documented by --help.

Yes, I recall that at one time MinGW's MSYS included a config.site 
which was designed to tweak the settings for one particular version of 
libtool.  The CONFIG_SITE variable was set by default to use it.  It 
caused more harm than good.

Bob
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