[Bug libc/13116] glibc uses global /var, not prefix/var for install

[drepper.fsp at gmail dot com]

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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