[Geotiff] libgeotiff-1.2.3 ignores datarootdir

[Frank Warmerdam]

Taurnil Oronar wrote:
> Using "./configure --prefix=/usr"  config.status issues a warning that
> "Makefile.in seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting". Then during
> the make, the warning is issued again. Then during make install,
> everything gets thrown into /usr/local . This was not a problem with
> libgeotiff-1.2.2.
> 
> This was noticed when trying to run qgis and it would not start
> because libgeotiff.so could not be found. Yes I do not have /usr/local
> in my path (nor do I want that). I suppose a symlink or two could fix
> this but I'd rather not go that route.

Taurnil,

Prefix handling has been corrected since the 1.2.3 release in CVS.  I'll
try and push out a new libgeotiff release with the latest EPSG tables, and
the prefix fix in the coming weeks.

Best regards,
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