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

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

[andi-bz at firstfloor dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13116

             Bug #: 13116
           Summary: glibc uses global /var, not prefix/var for install
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper.fsp@gmail.com
        ReportedBy: andi-bz@firstfloor.org
    Classification: Unclassified


Current git version: commit c27714f111289f078c9787649f768b3e749f71
Date:   Wed Aug 17 21:51:21 2011 -0400


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

/usr/bin/install -c .../glibc/obj-master/nss/libnss_db.so
.../glibc/master/lib/libnss_db-2.14.90.so.new
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 db-Makefile /var/db/Makefile
/usr/bin/install: cannot remove `/var/db/Makefile': Permission denied
mv -f .../glibc/master/lib/libnss_db-2.14.90.so.new
.../glibc/master/lib/libnss_db-2.14.90.so
make[2]: *** [/var/db/Makefile] Error 1

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

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13116

Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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              Flags|                            |security-

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