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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
index 8780b8442f..f972b2fb48 100644
--- a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
+++ b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
@@ -122,17 +122,26 @@ if test "@@RELOCATABLE@@" = yes; then
orig_installdir="$bindir" # see Makefile.am's *_SCRIPTS variables
func_find_curr_installdir # determine curr_installdir
func_find_prefixes
- # Relocate the directory variables that we use.
- gettext_dir=`
- echo "$gettext_dir/" \
+ relocate () @{
+ echo "$1/" \
| sed -e "s%^$@{orig_installprefix@}/%$@{curr_installprefix@}/%" \
- | sed -e 's,/$,,'`
+ | sed -e 's,/$,,'
+ @}
+else
+ relocate () @{
+ echo "$1"
+ @}
fi
+
+# Get some relocated directory names.
+sysconfdir=`relocate "@@sysconfdir@@"`
+some_datadir=`relocate "@@datadir@@/something"`
@end example
You must adapt the definition of @code{orig_installdir}, depending on
where the script gets installed. Also, at the end, instead of
-@code{gettext_dir}, transform those variables that you need.
+@code{sysconfdir} and @code{some_datadir}, transform those variables
+that you need.
@item
In your @file{Makefile.am}, for every program @command{foo} that gets