On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 11:08 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, October 15, 2007 9:42 am, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > > > thanks, Eric > > Actually, ^^^^ should be the same as ^^^^ :-). > > > > Did you read the INSTALL file? > > > > none provided > > I think that is a bug according to the GNU coding standards. > > > yes, but both were same version > > > > HOWEVER, now, they're NO LONGER same: > > > > if I copy the (new) from /usr/local/bin/file > to /usr/bin/file am I likely > > to cause problems...? > > It depends on the package manager, what other software depends > on > that execuatble and the phase of the moon. In my experience, > sooner > or later this will bite you.
IMHO this is the very best way to go. EG look at ufraw available vs the repositry. http://tigger.ws/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu#Compiling_from_source in particular checkinstall builds .debs and everybody is happy. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
