On 27 Mar 1999, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Jay Soffian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "Russ" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Russ> make
> > Russ> make install
> > Russ> ./install /depot/col/<package>/bin < BIN
> > Russ> ./install /depot/col/<package>/man < MAN
> > For what is that supposed to work? It doesn't work for ucspi-tcp-0.84.
> 0.80. *grumble* You're right, he changed the way install works. It used
> to take input files BIN and MAN. Now it actually compiles the package
> locations into everything. How annoying.
*rofl* I went and looked and said ``Gee, that's kinda nifty --
even if it's not documented anywhere'' ... but, alas, I couldn't
find heads or tails of that. I figured I was just *missing*
it again... and didn't say anything.
I talked to another admin tonight who just installed
qmail-popup. He complained that the install documentation
was pathetic. Hey, I'm just passing along what I hear.
> Dan, would you consider providing some way for the installation location
> to be different than the final run location? Those of us who use AFS with
> a reasonably large software installation *require* that; it's not possible
> for us to install into the same location that users will run the binaries
> from.
Just document it... whatever it is. Please.
Scott
