Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/28] Substitue configure variables in Paths.mk.in

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 17:20 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> This patch lays the groundwork to convert variables used in Makefiles
> to the common automake style, i.e. PREFIX becomes prefix, MANDIR becomes
> mandir and so on.
> 
> The reason is that configure variables such as mandir expand to
> ${datarootdir}/man, and datarootdir expands to ${prefix}/share. This
> requires extra expansion in configure.ac before assigning to MANDIR.
> 
> Special care must be taken when variable substition is done in other
> files, such as xencommons.in. All @VARIABLES@ used in these files have
> to be the expanded version, or all other variables must be available at
> runtime.
> 
> This patch by itself changes nothing, but upcoming changes will make use
> of the lowercase variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>



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