[OE-core] is it best practice to use ${sysconfdir} rather than hard-coding "/etc"?

[Andrei Gherzan]

As a general rule is it better to use any "path variable" instead of a
hard-coded one.

@g

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>wrote:

>
>  i suspect i know the answer to this, but in the recipe file
> usbinit.bb, we have:
>
> do_install() {
>    install -d ${D}/etc
>    install -d ${D}/etc/init.d
>    install usb-gether ${D}/etc/init.d
> }
>
>  i'm guessing that would more properly be coded:
>
> do_install() {
>    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
>    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
>    install usb-gether ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
> }
>
>  the end result is functionally identical, of course, it's all just a
> matter of style.
>
> rday
>
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