On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:39:31 -0600 Billy Biggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's really awkward that autoconf-based tools default to /usr/local > since many users of my applications often use it and end up with > non-FHS compliant silly directories like /usr/local/etc and > /usr/local/var which should never exist. Putting everything under > $PREFIX is really a compromise by the autoconf folks, and using > /usr/local seems to be another compromise partly to help separate GNU > stuff from native stuff(think installing bash on a Solaris machine). I acyually like it this way. In debian, at least, no package will ever install anything to /usr/local, so installing stuff to /usr/local will at least garantee to not confuse the package management system. Flo -- music: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/florianschmidt.htm
