On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:27 , Matej Kosik wrote:

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> Friends,
>
> I have made internal updates (3.9.8-2  -->  3.9.8-3) of Debian  
> packages:
> * squeak
> * squeak-vm
> * squeak-plugin
>
> The changes ensure that if you now install `squeak-plugin', it will  
> work.
>
>
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>
> Why it did not work: In the original source code, the `squeak  
> plugin' ignores the actual value of
> `--prefix=...' option given at configuration time. It looks it in
>
> 	/usr/local/share/squeak
>
> If it heeded to the --prefix given to the ./configure script, it  
> would tried to look it up in
>
> 	/usr/share/squeak
>
>
>
>
> The change of the source code is not a proper fix. It is only  
> temporary hack until thins are fixed
> in upstream. The `squeak plugin' source code must not ignore  
> parameters passed on to the ./configure
> script.
>
> Am I right? Ian?
>
> If it is not fixed in the upstream version, then I would have to  
> apply the same hack as I move to
> the newer upstream versions. That move would be smoother if I did  
> not have to do it.

A patch against the latest SVN version would be welcome (either trunk  
or OLPC branch).

- Bert -