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>> 4. I noticed the following files are installed when 'make
>> install'ing Schilling programs:
>>
>> /usr/include/align.h
>> /usr/include/avoffset.h
>> /usr/lib/libdeflt.a
>> /usr/lib/libfile.a
>> /usr/lib/libhfs.a
>> /usr/lib/librscg.a
>> /usr/lib/libscg.a
>> /usr/lib/libschily.a
>> /usr/lib/libunls.a
>I don't care what standard you follow, having applications install
>includes and libraries in system directories leads to competing and/or
>incompatible versions and application breakage. Not to mention the
>ability to build a totally non-portable application because you didn't
>know that the code used a non-Linux feature.
>With a bit of effort you can put this in a non-conflicting place, such
>as /opt/shilly/* directories, and not have this problem.
You are wrong: makefiles installs everything in /opt/schily/*
except when people start to fiddle with the defaults.
Of course, when you change INS_BASE from /opt/schily to / things
will work as above - but then it is inetended by the person who
changed the DEFAULTS file....
J�rg
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