Re: [PATCH] build: use --runstatedir instead of --localstatedir

[Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>]

Hello Karel Zak,

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 03:31:56PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
[...]
> It seems we need somehow to support autoconf < 2.70 where is no
> $runstatedir. So, I have modified the code to use fallback
> 
>     runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
> 
> It also seems we need to check for unmodified $localstatedir rather
> than care about $prefix. So, I have improved the AS_CASE().
> 
> Please, git-pull from master branch and retest it with new autoconf
> and your environment. Thanks.

Thanks for picking it up and improving it. I'm quite sure that
none of your changes will affect debian/debhelper builds.

(If I find something when I find time to test it properly I'll
report back.)

The important point for debhelpers point of view is that
./configure --runstatedir is used instead of
./configure --localstatedir (and the upstream AS_CASE/AS_IF
doesn't apply here since debhelper will pass both of those
configure flags explicitly.)

Please note clearly in the upcoming release notes than anyone
explicitly using the --localstatedir flag will need to move
over to --runstatedir (or accept/rely on util-linux defaults).

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson