On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 11:01:21PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: > > >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 02:14:54AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >> >>> - add funtionality to split into and build sub packages >>> >> >>I suspect that this functionality could also be handled with judicious >>use of extra/whatever files. >> >>Also, why should build_prefix ever be anything but /usr? > >autoconf-devel | autoconf-stable | ...
Ok. I added ways to override all of the defaults. build_prefix wouldn't necessarily be enough in that case. >Also, during pre-release testing, some folks might want to use mknetrel >in an unofficial way -- e.g. prefix=/usr/local -- before changing prefix >to /usr and posting an ITP. In that case they can run directly from the 'inst' directory or copy it around as needed. Creating a 'usr/local' under the inst directory doesn't seem too useful too me. Although, IMO, it doesn't make sense to test things in locations other than the standard one if you are preparing a release. It's easy enough to revert to previous releases with setup if there is a problem. cgf
