From: Frederik Fouvry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can install it on other places than /usr/share or /usr/local > (forgot which one is the default) with
But I don't own the large software project that I'm trying to modify. If I upgrade the version of Automake to provide a feature I need in the build environment, it will be my responsibility to validate the existing multi-million line project against the new version. If you're telling me that Automake is 100% forward compatible--that I can upgrade from 1.4 to the newest version and there will be no errors in Automake execution--then I'm on it! But my experience leads me to believe that this is not the case. Scott