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[Bug libc/13116] glibc uses global /var, not prefix/var for install
- From: "drepper.fsp at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:51:43 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/13116] glibc uses global /var, not prefix/var for install
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- References: <bug-13116-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13116
Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |INVALID
--- Comment #1 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-09-09 02:51:43 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Does not install to a custom prefix as non root because it tries to access
> /var.
>
> IMHO with a --prefix it should use prefix/var ..., not /var
No, that path is hardcoded, just like /etc/resolv.conf etc.
If you want to install everything in another place but then use it using the
correct layout use install_root at install time.
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