id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc blockedby blocking branch_state votes 3895 Use relative path for search path first to access files of mc chros "Hi! I've written a small but powerful [https://github.com/chros73/build-mc build script] (along with tmux and tig build script), mostly for outdated systems (like Debian and Ubuntu distros), take a look, maybe you also like it. It can be used for development as well, just drop in patches and modify the version number. Maybe I'll update the readme later with more info. When [https://github.com/chros73/build-mc#compiling compiling] mc like [https://github.com/chros73/build-mc/blob/master/build.sh#L325 this], it will properly allocate all the files inside the given '--prefix=' directory, but: - unfortunately it still uses absolute path to access majority of its files (e.g. help files, skins, etc), so you can't move the whole directory somewhere else: it will complain for missing files Is it possible to change this to always use relative path for searching for files first? Thanks PS: I'd like to thank you guys for keeping this project alive! I'm an 'mc' user for about 25 years now and I can't live without it. :)" enhancement closed major mc-core master wontfix no branch