On 2011-06-27 12:08 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > It looks as if the standard GNU installation method would require > every user to run ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
If the user wants those config files to be installed to /etc, then yes. > whereas most would just try the usual ./configure && make. Given the > choice between a convenient installation for the user, and a working > distcheck, I think I'll have to take the convenient installation. It's not very convenient for users who do not have root access to a machine or otherwise don't want to write to system-wide installation directories (such users therefore may want to install with something like --prefix=$HOME/sw). Users who want to install multiple versions of your package may also be inconvenienced. Cheers, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/) _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
