[SVN-4653] SVN_LOCALE_DIR incorrectly interpolated when prefix is not set explicitly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.9.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.17, 1.9.5, trunk
• Component/s: compile, install, packaging, translations

Environment

FreeBSD 9.3, HP-UX 11.31

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Osipov
• Created: 17/Sep/16 21:32
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:28
• Resolved: 18/Sep/16 15:48

Description

When Subversion is compiled from source and --prefix is not passed, /usr/local is assumed but is not correctly passed to localedir, thus SVN_LOCALE_DIR contains a bogus path:

/tmp/subversion-1.9.4$ sh -x ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib/hpux32 --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr  --without-apxs --without-berkeley-db 2> configure.out

/tmp/subversion-1.9.4$ grep LOCALE_DIR subversion/svn_private_config.h
#define SVN_LOCALE_DIR "NONE/share/locale"

If you pass --prefix=/usr/local all is fine but is a mere workaround to the issue. I consider lines 210 to 215 in configure.ac to be erronous.