On Wed, Mar 03, 1999 at 01:58:03PM -0500, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
> Actually, it doesn't matter! Maybe an inventory of .tgz files isn't even needed,
> since they are only used as the data source for the unpacking process. Once
> they've been unpacked, the only reason to keep them at all is for archiving
> purpose. But they still ought to be in a standard location.
>
I used to think this until I discovered a few uses for letting them hang around.1. It
leaves a record of everything I had to change to get the package to work: all the
makefile and configure and whatever junk else.
2. Some Makefiles provide an uninstall facility: "make uninstall" removes the
package.
3. Cheesy but easy place to keep the miscellaneous documentation.
Now that disk space is really cheap, my /usr/local/src is getting big!
Yours,
Andy
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