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Re: [RFC] Package build time config for installation directories.



> 
> By analogy with dpkg-architecture, I'd like to see the following idiom
> in debian/rules, which has the extra advantage of avoiding the "include
> this in both sh and make" thing and of only setting the make variables
> that need to be set:
> 
>   BINDIR=$(shell dpkg-paths -qBINDIR)
> 
>   configure:
>           ./configure --bindir=$(BINDIR)

My thoughts exactly, but I think I prefer lowercase to match autoconf
conventions. That may be an arguable point, but the flavor and spirit of
the solution is exactly what I was thinking.

Ben

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