From 24549dbed5fe733b89fb0e45e76e8389e0a67b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Turney Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:54:10 +0100 Subject: Make sysconfdir, localstatedir and sharedstatedir defaults depend on prefix Rather than requiring a bit of boilerplate in every meson.build, which is only documented in a comment in mesoncore.py, use sensible defaults for sysconfdir, localstatedir and sharedstatedir depending on the prefix. Fixes #1637 v2: For clarity, give get_builtin_option_default() a noneIfSuppress argument, rather than overloading prefix '' and None with special meanings. --- docs/markdown/snippets/prefix-dependent-defaults.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/prefix-dependent-defaults.md (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/prefix-dependent-defaults.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/prefix-dependent-defaults.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cc1792 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/prefix-dependent-defaults.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# Prefix-dependent defaults for sysconfdir, localstatedir and sharedstatedir + +These options now default in a way consistent with +[FHS](http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml) and common usage. + +If prefix is `/usr`, default sysconfdir to `/etc`, localstatedir to `/var` and +sharedstatedir to `/var/lib`. + +If prefix is `/usr/local` (the default), default localstatedir to `/var/local` +and sharedstatedir to `/var/local/lib`. -- cgit v1.1