[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8635) [PATCH] Correct FREECIV_PATH for binaries form civ & ser scripts

["Jason Short" <jshort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>   Just noticed that one is supposed to be able to run 'civ' and 'ser'
> from anywhere, not only when working directory is builddir.
>   So, one can't determine FREECIV_PATH using top_srcdir as it is
> _relative_ to top_builddir, not absolute path. This is problem even if
> bulding to srcdir, meaning top_srcdir is just ".".

So it should be $DIR/$top_srcdir/data?

Except in my tests IIRC this didn't work, and it did work as it is now.  I
believe freeciv changes the working directory.  At least I know of one
other place in the code (conndlg) that I think assumes this.

jason