Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 20894 invoked by uid 6000); 12 Aug 1999 14:34:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 20870 invoked from network); 12 Aug 1999 14:34:05 -0000 Received: from david.siemens.de (192.35.17.14) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 12 Aug 1999 14:34:05 -0000 X-Envelope-Sender-Is: martin.kraemer@mch.sni.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.14]) by david.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA25067 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:33:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from deejai.mch.sni.de (deejai.mch.sni.de [139.25.105.242]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA25664 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:33:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from martin@localhost) by deejai.mch.sni.de (8.8.7/8.8.7(UNIX)) id QAA06652 for new-httpd@apache.org; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:33:51 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19990812163350.I5486@deejai.mch.sni.de> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:33:50 +0200 From: Martin Kraemer To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: Slight problem with 1.3.8 References: <199908100928.FAA19302@astro.fccj.cc.fl.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199908100928.FAA19302@astro.fccj.cc.fl.us>; from Bill Jones on Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 05:33:14AM -0400 X-Operating-System: SINIX-D 5.41 C1001 X-Organization: Siemens AG (Muenchen, W.Germany) X-Phone: +49-89-636-46021 X-Disclaimer: THE COMMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE WRITER AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEWS OF SIEMENS AG X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org However, I think it would be safer to also accept relative paths for the --*prefix= options. Think of "./configure --prefix=../.." A simple extra check like if [ -d "$prefix" ]; then case "$prefix" in /*) ;; *) prefix=`cd "$prefix"; /bin/pwd`;; esac fi would be sufficient, no? Or is that not portable enough? Martin -- | Siemens Information and Phone: +49-89-636-46021 | Communication Products FAX: +49-89-636-47816 | 81730 Munich, Germany