Re: Software/HD ecology

[Luis Fernandes]

>>>>> "miles" == Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp> writes:

    miles> of simple packages -- and many packages where multiple
    miles> version support _is_ important (e.g., emacs, gcc) already
    miles> support it it.

The support is there, but it is not enabled *by default*. I would
like to see *all* of emacs installed into a *single* directory.

To install emacs (in /usr/local/emacs-21.3/) I (Joe Average User)
would type: configure; make ; make install

I, or the script, can make a link from /usr/local/bin/emacs to
/usr/local/emacs-21.3/bin/emacs.

To un-install emacs, I would type: rm -rf /usr/local/emacs-21.3/
To clean-up, I would type: rm /usr/local/bin/emacs