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Introduce 'localbase' Meson option. #132

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Some Linux distributions as well as FreeBSD OS install 3rd party software into a prefix that differs from "/usr". This change makes asgen work in such cases.

Some Linux distributions as well as FreeBSD OS install 3rd party software into
a prefix that differs from "/usr". This change makes asgen work in such cases.

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arrowd commented Jun 10, 2024

Can I get a review on this?

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arrowd commented Jul 7, 2024

Monthly bump.

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arrowd commented Aug 9, 2024

It's been a year in total while I'm waiting for this PR.

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ option('gir-dir',
value: '',
description: 'Override the directory where gir-to-d searches for GIR files.'
)
option('localbase', type : 'string', value : '/usr', description : 'Prefix under which all 3rd party software is installed')
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Why the name localbase?

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I borrowed the terminology from FreeBSD where localbase is a variable (and a sysctl) that contains "path to the local software directory". I'm not really sure what "local" means in this context.

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