Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 33/46] Add configure --with-bash_completion-dir=DIR

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2014-09-22 at 15:00 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm not so sure about this. If someone is installing things into $prefix
or $prefix/etc etc then $prefix/etc/bash_completion.d seems like the
right thing for us to do.

I worry that allowing people to say "install over here" and then to let
them micromanage all of the things which that entails (presumably to put
bits back where they normally go) is going to result in a plethora of
not very useful configure options, with the associated maintenance
overhead and potential for confusion.

e.g. in the case of bash_completion someone installing to a non-standard
prefix ought IMHO to expect to have to do
        ln -s $prefix/etc/bash_completion.d/* /etc/bash_complation.d/
or to add something to their .bashrc to search the new path too.

Ian.


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