What's about checking if the user uses debian (for example "test -e /etc/debian_version" or test if the word local appears in "which gcc") to automatically set --prefix to /usr?
Damn good idea, Adam. I have lost count of the number of times on KnoppMyth that I have built and installed into /usr/local, and then wondered why there were version mismatches, et c.
On 08/04/2005, at 12:37 AM, Isaac Richards wrote:
Absolutely not. Self compiled software goes into /usr/local.
On platforms that have MythTV installed by default (KnoppMyth) or by the user from packages, they go into /usr, and CVS builds then go somewhere else.
I guess I am trying to subtly change the behaviour on Debian boxes - to upgrade the current packages.
What if configure looked for current versions (`which mythbackend`) and then asked the user if they want to overwrite it? And, if that was the case, how many people think that the default (if there is one) should be yes?
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