Re: Variable substitution @libexecdir@

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 06:49:40AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:49:57AM +0100, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > [BTW, this would be more appropriate for the autoconf list.]
>
> and then configure outputs Makefile with substitutions:
>
>   libexecdir = ${exec_prefix}/lib/${PACKAGE}
>
> Why doesn't it output this?
>
>   libexecdir = /usr/local/lib/foopackage

This behavior of configure is explained in the Autoconf manual,
in the section that documents these variables.  (Alternatively,
search for the string "It is deliberate" :))