SS_DIR in mk_cmds contains a temporary build path *snip* #!/bin/sh # # datarootdir=/usr/share DIR="${DIR-/usr/share/ss}" SS_DIR="/var/tmp/paludis/sys-libs-e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.1/work/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.1/lib/ss" AWK=gawk SED=/bin/sed *snip*
it's a fallback path that only gets used if /usr/share/ss/ is missing ... and if that dir is missing, your system is broken anyways, so ...