[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 344112] make autogen.sh parse --libdir=/foo without extra -- argument

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Elijah Newren changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|enhancement                 |blocker
      GNOME version|Unspecified                 |2.17/2.18
           Priority|Normal                      |Immediate




------- Comment #5 from Elijah Newren  2007-03-12 04:31 UTC -------
In multiple places (such as bug 164973 comment 6), Thomas has said something
along the lines of:

  all arguments to autogen that are supposed to go to configure should be
listed
  AFTER "--".  This is the standard way to separate a program's own options
from
  other parameters.

However, gstreamer oddly doesn't require this for --prefix, despite the fact
that it is an argument to configure.  --prefix and --libdir have extremely
similar meanings: setting up the path for installation.  So why shouldn't these
two be treated the same?  I think gstreamer should either not treat --prefix
specially (and require it to be listed after "--"), or apply JPR's patch for
specially treating --libdir in an identical way to --prefix.  Am I missing
something?

P.S.  I'm also filing a bug against jhbuild right now with the patch to make
--libdir be passed after --, if both are being passed.  I still think gstreamer
needs to fix the inconsistency in handling --prefix and --libdir, though.


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