Pass rootsbindir to configure via command line

Pass rootsbindir to configure via command line

[Manuel Jacob]

Hi,

I’d like to set rootsbindir. There is no option --rootsbindir. Passing 
rootsbindir=… to the configure script via command line has no effect. 
Linux From Scratch 
(https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/glibc.html) 
passes libc_cv_slibdir=… to set slibdir. libc_cv_rootsbindir also 
exists, but passing it via command line doesn’t have any effect.

I know that setting libc_cv_rootsbindir is possible via the configparms 
file. Is that the only way? Passing libc_cv_slibdir via command line 
works, so I wonder whether I missed something.

Thanks,
Manuel

Re: Pass rootsbindir to configure via command line

[Adhemerval Zanella Netto]

On 30/04/23 10:09, Manuel Jacob wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I’d like to set rootsbindir. There is no option --rootsbindir. Passing rootsbindir=… to the configure script via command line has no effect. Linux From Scratch (https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/glibc.html) passes libc_cv_slibdir=… to set slibdir. libc_cv_rootsbindir also exists, but passing it via command line doesn’t have any effect.
> 
> I know that setting libc_cv_rootsbindir is possible via the configparms file. Is that the only way? Passing libc_cv_slibdir via command line works, so I wonder whether I missed something.

Unfortunately I think so. The --sbindir and alike option are autogenerated by
autoconf and its latest version does not seems to have support for 
--rootsbindir [1].

But I think it might make sense for split-usr configurations, although we only
install two programs using rootsdir (ldconfig and sln).

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Installation-Directory-Variables.html