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Re: System files and "make distcheck"
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Nick Bowler |
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Re: System files and "make distcheck" |
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:11:05 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On 2011-06-27 12:08 +0100, address@hidden wrote:
> It looks as if the standard GNU installation method would require
> every user to run ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
If the user wants those config files to be installed to /etc, then yes.
> whereas most would just try the usual ./configure && make. Given the
> choice between a convenient installation for the user, and a working
> distcheck, I think I'll have to take the convenient installation.
It's not very convenient for users who do not have root access to a
machine or otherwise don't want to write to system-wide installation
directories (such users therefore may want to install with something
like --prefix=$HOME/sw).
Users who want to install multiple versions of your package may also
be inconvenienced.
Cheers,
--
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)