[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 92406] /opt/bin/make install DESTDIR=/xxx/yyy does not work solely in DESTDIR but also references ${prefix} without ${DESTDIR}

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92406

Akira TAGOH <akira at tagoh.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |akira at tagoh.org
         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG

--- Comment #1 from Akira TAGOH <akira at tagoh.org> ---
You can't validate symlinks at the build time because DESTDIR isn't supposed to
be. and DESTDIR is used as a prefix path how it looks at the installation time
for packaging. the point is DESTDIR is dropped from the real installed path. so
checking that at the build time in the sense of packaging really makes no
sense.

So the answer for your question is, because we use a symlink to enable/disable
a configuration file easily for system-wide and user-specific, and keep
consistency on changes. if you copy some of them and it is changed in upstream,
you'll miss it then. or if doubt, you'll need to copy them every time on
upgrading.

fontconfig follows the general use of DESTDIR in autotools and no concerns on
packaging at this moment.

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