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

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