Hi Gary!
On So, 22 Mai 2011, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2011-05-22, Jesse Benedict wrote:
> > I downloaded the latest vim73 bzip2 package for local compilation.
> >
> > Specifying ./configure --prefix=/boot/common/bin I find that upon
> > make/make install that the prefix has a secondary /bin attached to it.
> >
> > The result is the vim binaries are in /boot/common/bin/bin/
> >
> > While I have this sorted out, is this a documentation issue for
> > INSTALL or has no one else encounter issues with pre-flight
> > configuration options and post-installation checks?
>
> What did you find confusing or misleading in INSTALL? It says
>
> By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
> `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
> installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure'
> the option `--prefix=PATH'.
>
> It also suggests running `configure --help', which contains
>
> --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
> [/usr/local]
>
> I read both as saying that '--prefix' specifies the directory above
> bin.
And this is quite common. At least, all software projects I worked on
behaved like this.
regards,
Christian
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