[Bug 1817591] [NEW] Incorrect configuration of %_sharedstatedir in rpmbuild

[Andreas Scherer]

Public bug reported:

Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release:        18.04

rpm:
  Installiert:           4.14.1+dfsg1-2
  Installationskandidat: 4.14.1+dfsg1-2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 4.14.1+dfsg1-2 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Executed commands: $> rpmbuild -E %_localstatedir
                   $> rpmbuild -E %_sharedstatedir

Expected results: /var
                  /var/lib

Actual results: /var
                /usr/com

Rationale: Although the GNU Coding Standards proclaim that
'localstatedir' should always be set to '$(prefix)/var' and
'sharedstatedir' should always be set to '$(prefix)/com', RPM overrides
'localstatedir' in 'platform.in' to '/var'. It would be very useful (and
in accordance with other Linux distributions like Fedora) to replace
'sharedstatedir' with a more familiar value '/var/lib'. Unfortunately,
this has to be triggered manually at compile-time of the RPM sources
with './configure --sharedstatedir=/var/lib'.

** Affects: rpm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Incorrect configuration of %_sharedstatedir in rpmbuild

Status in rpm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
  Release:        18.04

  rpm:
    Installiert:           4.14.1+dfsg1-2
    Installationskandidat: 4.14.1+dfsg1-2
    Versionstabelle:
   *** 4.14.1+dfsg1-2 500
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  Executed commands: $> rpmbuild -E %_localstatedir
                     $> rpmbuild -E %_sharedstatedir

  Expected results: /var
                    /var/lib

  Actual results: /var
                  /usr/com

  Rationale: Although the GNU Coding Standards proclaim that
  'localstatedir' should always be set to '$(prefix)/var' and
  'sharedstatedir' should always be set to '$(prefix)/com', RPM
  overrides 'localstatedir' in 'platform.in' to '/var'. It would be very
  useful (and in accordance with other Linux distributions like Fedora)
  to replace 'sharedstatedir' with a more familiar value '/var/lib'.
  Unfortunately, this has to be triggered manually at compile-time of
  the RPM sources with './configure --sharedstatedir=/var/lib'.

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