[Bug 1079938] Re: ${prefix} present in Python files breaking sssd

[Xiao-Long Chen]

Hi Timo, I've been searching the automake docs all day and I think I've
found something relevant.

According to https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node
/Standard-Directory-Variables.html if "--datadir=..." is not passed
(like in Ubuntu), then "@datadir@" is replaced with "${prefix}/share".
So in that regard, sssd is not doing anything wrong.

To get it to use "/usr/share" instead of "${prefix}/share", the correct
way is to pass "--datadir=/usr/share" to configure (
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Directory-Variables ).

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Title:
  ${prefix} present in Python files breaking sssd

Status in “debhelper” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “sssd” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “sssd” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “debhelper” source package in Quantal:
  New
Status in “sssd” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  packaging bug that causes incorrect paths in a python file

  [Test case]
  look at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/SSSDConfig/__init__.py

  [Regression potential]
  small, it's an obvious packaging bug

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  Currently, "${prefix}" is showing up in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
  packages/SSSDConfig/__init__.py, causing packages like freeipa to
  fail. I'm not sure if any other files are affected.

  Please fix Ubuntu 12.10 package. Thanks in advance!

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