pkg-config: make prefix overridable again
authorJan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>
Sat, 2 Jan 2021 01:46:33 +0000 (02:46 +0100)
committerCarlos Henrique Lima Melara <charlesmelara@riseup.net>
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:44:53 +0000 (21:44 -0300)
commite2c5b0b1bc14e15a642ffa705f11fc2b410c3b50
tree0487ea2bd6f6f20badbb0598b031bd262b5aaf47
parentf1026a713d736b3f10d65d2e86b8296af095047a
pkg-config: make prefix overridable again

While we don't support prefix being != /usr, and this is hardcoded
all over the place, variables in pkg-config file are expected
to have overridable base directory.

This is important for at least the following two use cases:

- Installing projects to non-FHS package-specific prefixes for Nix-style
  package managers. Of course, it is then their responsibility
  to ensure systemd can find the service files.
- Installing to local path for development purposes.
  This is a compromise between running a program from a build directory,
  and running it fully installed to system prefix.

You will not want to write to system prefix in either case.

For more information, see also
https://www.bassi.io/articles/2018/03/15/pkg-config-and-paths/

Fixes https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/18082

Partially reverts 6e65df89c348242dbd10036abc7dd5e8181cf733

(cherry picked from commit 60bce7c6d9606185114df1bdcd5ea100407688b8)

Gbp-Pq: Name pkg-config-make-prefix-overridable-again.patch
src/core/systemd.pc.in