On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 03:04:04PM -0500, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Adrian van Bloois on 2017/03/02 at 20:51 +0100] > > >With the GNU software I don't do these things, just type ./configure , > >make and make install. > >It would be nice if brltty would be the same. > > Do all those packages really always default to --prefix=/usr/local? Yes they do. Admins dont want to have additional packages to interfere with the OS part, I've been hating that for 35 years. > > I'm not convinced that that's the right default for brltty. As always, > though, > I'm open to hearing everyone's opinions on the matter. OS's like Redhat who want to add it to there base are good enough to put it where they want. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.com > For general information, go to: http://brltty.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty
-- Adri P. van Bloois "Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure." Edsger W. Dijkstra _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.com For general information, go to: http://brltty.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty