Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.24-rc2

[Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>]

Karel Zak wrote:
>
>   The util-linux release v2.24-rc2 is available at
>
>     ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.24/
>
>   Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

When I run:

./configure --disable-su --disable-sulogin --disable-login

I get:

         util-linux  2.24-rc2

         prefix:            /usr
         exec prefix:       ${prefix}

         localstatedir:     /run
         bindir:            /lib
         sbindir:           ${exec_prefix}/sbin
         libdir:            ${exec_prefix}/lib
         includedir:        ${prefix}/include
         usrbin_execdir:    ${exec_prefix}/bin
         usrsbin_execdir:   ${exec_prefix}/sbin
         usrlib_execdir:    ${exec_prefix}/lib

         compiler:          gcc -std=gnu99
         cflags:            -g -O2
         suid cflags:
         ldflags:
         suid ldflags:

         Python:
         Python version:
         Python libs:

Surely bindir should not be /lib.  I can't even override it with 
--bindir=/bin

Indeed, if I make && make DESTDIR=/tmp/util-linux install I get:

$ ls /tmp/util-linux/lib
dmesg  findmnt  kill  lsblk  more  mount  mountpoint  umount  wdctl

I'm not an autotools expert, but I tried changing line 55 in 
configure.ac to

AS_CASE([$libdir],  ['${exec_prefix}/lib'],  [libdir=/lib;  ...
                                               ^^^
and not
AS_CASE([$libdir],  ['${exec_prefix}/lib'],  [bindir=/lib;

But that's not right either because it changes bindir to /sbin and not /bin.

Also, a lot of executables are placed in /usr/sbin when the default 
should be /sbin.  Examples are swapon, fsck*, mkfs*, etc.

   -- Bruce