Re: Using @bindir@ etc. in C headers

[Perry Hutchison]

Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:

> * Perry Hutchison:
>
> > Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not convinced that this covers that particular corner case (build
> >> at install time using a prefix setting that is different from configure
> >> time).
> >
> > Can you describe a use case for this?  It seems very odd.
>
> Use case for what?

For "that particular corner case (build *at install time* using
a prefix setting that is different from configure time)".

> Building under "make install" (because it's the first
> make invocation)?  I don't see a use case for that.

So we seem to agree that we don't intend to build under "make install".

That being the case, what would be the use of capturing -- into a C
header file, which is only used when building -- a variable setting
passed to "make install"?