sdaau wrote: > The `make install` can mess things up for me, so I no longer know > which build is being run
If you are consistent and never run make install as root, only as regular user, then you can always know which build is being run, because you will always need to explicitly specify if you want to run something other than what was installed by the package manager. > for a recent frustration I had with this, please see > http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/53871/8069 :) Insert rant about behavior of the debian tool here. I am not a debian fan and I was never very impressed by the tools. The problem is caused by the debian tool. I would highly recommend doing a Linux From Scratch install of a simple system. Not neccessarily everything up until compiz rotating 3d graphics, but at least a simple text-based system. This is absolutely unbeatable for learning about distributions and how Linux systems are created. > I often miss instructions on how to build and run stuff > "out-of-tree" Well the thing is that the instructions are exactly the same for all packages that use autotools. Never package-specific. IMO the best is to go to the autoconf documentation for reference information. Ie. encourage learning the tool well once, rather than spoon-feeding instructions for only individual use cases. //Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ sigrok-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
