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Change glibc --prefix to /usr

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#127 opened on Dec 5, 2017

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Description

According to the official glibc documentation, the standard --prefix location should be /usr for GNU/Linux system (empty --prefix being standard for GNU/Hurd). Unless a rationale is provided to justify not using the standard location, I think it should be set to what is expected and recommended from glibc developers.

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Locate the build script for glibc in the repository (likely in the 'src' or 'build' directory) and change the prefix argument from its current value to /usr. Verify with the glibc documentation that this is the recommended setting for GNU/Linux. Then rebuild and test.
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shell
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operating systems
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Clear
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Shell scriptingBasic knowledge of glibc build process
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70