--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Earnie" == Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Earnie> So, I would like to suggest that instead of
> Earnie> --prefix=/usr/local as the default that
> Earnie> --prefix=/opt/package-major.minor.patch be the default.
>
> Earnie> Comments?
>
> You're touching the untouchable, the GNU standards. Drop it :)
Ok. Consider it dropped. Just was thinking aloud, trying to get a feel.
Besides, aren't standards meant to be adjusted occasionally?
> Anyway, not everybody has an /opt (are your running Solaris? :), and
HP-UX has an /opt. I tend to like the idea.
> your suggestion introduces a lot of hidden problems (what of the man
> pages, info files, NLS_PATH, libraries etc.). This is left to the
> installer, and it is a good thing.
I agree it is a good thing to leave the destination to the installer which is
the SysAdmins usually. The support files for the package would go into the
normal directories underneath the /opt/package.major.minor.version, E.G.:
/opt/autoconf-2.15/bin/
/opt/autoconf-2.15/info/
/opt/autoconf-2.15/share/autoconf/
Regards,
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