According to BOOTH, Nicholas, FM:
> |'ve tried a couple of variations of compiling the [3.2.0b5] suite, and using
> a number of configuration options when running ./configure prior to
> make/make install.....
> 
> In particular I'm trying to govern where the files will end up (I don't want
> to use /opt/www.....) and mostly it works as I expect, but it looks to me
> like I can't actually set the following:
> 
> --with-database-dir=DIR 
>       Set this to the directory where the search databases are going to
> be. (Make sure there is plenty of space on the partition you put this on!)
> [default=/opt/www/var/htdig]. 
> 
> or, at least,  I can set it, but it gets ignored.  This is the case if I set
> it explicitly, or if I simply set --prefix=WhatIWant - in both cases the
> htdig executable seems to insist on creating the db files in the default
> (i.e. /opt/www/var/htdig) when I try to do the ./rundig bit
> 
> I've checked the file called config.log to make sure I typed it right, and I
> can see the correct value elsewhere, but I don't understand enough about
> make etc to see exactly what I need to fix.
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

Is it possible that the compiled-in value is correct, but is being overridden
by the corresponding attribute in an older config file you're using?

See http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q4.18
and http://www.htdig.org/attrs.html#database_dir

-- 
Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)


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