Re: [PATCH 1/1] Honor $(prefix) set in config.mak* when defining ETC_GIT* and sysconfdir

[Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>]

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Am 4/28/2011 21:27, schrieb Kacper Kornet:
> Definitions of ETC_GITCONFIG, ETC_GITATTRIBUTES and sysconfdir depend on
> value of prefix. As prefix can be changed in config.mak.autogen, all if
> blocks with conditions based on prefix should be placed after the file
> is included in Makefile.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <draenog@pld-linux.org>
> ---
>  Makefile |   19 ++++++++++---------
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index cbc3fce..bf912b9 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -291,15 +291,8 @@ sharedir = $(prefix)/share
>  gitwebdir = $(sharedir)/gitweb
>  template_dir = share/git-core/templates
>  htmldir = share/doc/git-doc
> -ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
> -sysconfdir = /etc
> -ETC_GITCONFIG = $(sysconfdir)/gitconfig
> -ETC_GITATTRIBUTES = $(sysconfdir)/gitattributes
> -else
> -sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
> -ETC_GITCONFIG = etc/gitconfig
> -ETC_GITATTRIBUTES = etc/gitattributes
> -endif
> +ETC_GITCONFIG = $(git_etcdir)/gitconfig
> +ETC_GITATTRIBUTES = $(git_etcdir)/gitattributes
>  lib = lib
>  # DESTDIR=
>  pathsep = :
> @@ -1192,6 +1185,14 @@ endif
>  -include config.mak.autogen
>  -include config.mak
>  
> +ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
> +sysconfdir = /etc
> +git_etcdir = /etc
> +else
> +sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
> +git_etcdir = etc
> +endif
> +
>  ifdef CHECK_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES
>  COMPUTE_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES =
>  USE_COMPUTED_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES =

Does this patch do anything useful? After the patch is applied, sysconfdir
is set-but-not-used. Therefore, you can remove the assignments. But then
you lose the reference to $(prefix) that the commit message claims is so
important. Puzzled...

-- Hannes