Philippe Gramoullé wrote: >Hello, > >On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:07:23 +0100 >rvalles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | When I run make install on something and haven't specified a prefix on > | configure, I expect /usr/local to be used. If I wanted /, I'd have > | specified that on configure time. If it installed in / by default, it > | would, often, hit the "sacred package-system managed area" of the VFS > | tree annoying people like me to a very great extend, so please don't. > >While i totally agree with you for standard packages, well i based my choice >on actual experience of the last past six years of use with reiserfs V3. > >I can't remember how many times i heard Namesys team say " Install the latest >& greatest reiserfsck", how many times distro thought they knew reiserfsprogs >internals better than Namesys and customized it to the point where it would >eventually break. > >Of course, i can live with a manual install of reiser(fs|4)progs, so i don't >really mind, but talking of support, it can make quite a difference to Namesys >in terms of support, and annoyance with bug reports that could have been easily >avoided. > > Ok, I propose the following: search the standard locations for where it is currently, tell the user, ask the user if they want to rename those versions to *.old if the install of the new one succeeds, and then prompt for the install location with /sbin as the suggested default. I think that unlike other user installed programs, fsck does not belong in /usr/local. I think Philippe's point that old versions are dangerous is quite valid.
>Final decision will still be Namesys call, but hopefully this whole thread gave >them some valuable input to make the best decision. > >Thanks, > >Philippe > > > >
