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Re: How hardcode different default prefix? Hack Makefile.inbestway? use
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Thomas E. Dickey |
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Re: How hardcode different default prefix? Hack Makefile.inbestway? use autoconf macro? |
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Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:57:30 -0400 (EDT) |
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> However: if you plan to release the code for general consumption,
> think twice before using it. There are few things that irritate this
> software installer more than having "./configure; make install" put
> stuff somewhere OTHER than /usr/local.
actually, there are other platforms than Linux; /usr/local doesn't have
the same special status on many of those.
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