Re: --libdir and pari.cfg file location

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 09:39:15AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 9:38 AM Bill Allombert
> <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 08:55:03AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm building the latest tarball. I'm using --prefix=/usr/local and
> > > --libdir=/usr/local/lib64.
> > >
> > > After the install I notice:
> > >
> > >     $ ls /usr/local/lib
> > >     pari
> > >     $ ls /usr/local/lib/pari/
> > >     pari.cfg
> > >
> > > It looks like $libdir is not being used for the config file. (Using
> > > $libdir for the config file is a little odd unto itself. I usually see
> > > $sysconfdir used for config files).
> >
> > Yes, it is installed in $sysdatadir.
> > (pari.cfg is not what I would call a config file)
> 
> I don't think there is a sysdatadir. Also see

./Configure --help
...
Installation directories:
...
  --sysdatadir=<dir>    for architecture-dependent data

This does not work ?

Cheers,
Bill.