configure problem with xfce-3.8.18

[Heiko Berges]

On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 10:14:55PM +0100, wolfgang wrote:
> in my unusual environment at work i tried to compile and install xfce-3.8.18 
> today.
> 
> /usr/local is read-only there (it's a common network mount for all linux 
> workstations - a writeable local dir is /usr/sue
> so i used:

You are setting exec-prefix to "" ...

 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/sue --sysconfdir=/usr/sue/share/xfce/etc 
> --exec-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-old-style --enable-taskbar 
		^^^^^^^
			here


> 
> but during the configure process it kept saying:
> XFCE_DIR set to /usr/local/share/xfce
> which is read-only, so "make install" exits with an error
> i also tried:
> export XFCE_DIR=/usr/sue/share/xfce && ./configure --prefix=/usr/sue 
> --sysconfdir=/usr/sue/share/xfce/etc --exec-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-old-style 
							^^^
								here
> --enable-taskbar 
> same result
> 
> editing xfce-3.8.18/Makefile (which kept containing the unwanted path to 
> /usr/local/share/xfce) didnt change it either, neither did:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/sue --sysconfdir=/usr/sue/share/xfce/etc 
> --exec-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-old-style --enable-taskbar 
		^^^^^^^
			and here.

> XFCE_DIR=/usr/sue/share/xfce
> (all on one line)
> 
> so how can i make it _not_ use /usr/local at all?

EPREFIX == $PREFIX  by default.  Skipping the --exec-prefix should
do the trick.

	
	Heiko