%% Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
eb> While I'm at it I would like to suggest a change in the prefix
eb> default. I always use --prefix=/opt/package-0.0 where package-0.0
eb> is replaced with the actual name of the package complete with
eb> version number. I can then link/copy the distro to the
eb> appropriate locations. That way, if I ever need the older version
eb> I have it, and I've not destroyed my working system with something
eb> that doesn't quite work. So, I would like to suggest that instead
eb> of --prefix=/usr/local as the default that
eb> --prefix=/opt/package-major.minor.patch be the default.
eb> Comments?
(1) That default has been around forever and is part of the GNU standard.
Many people like it; _everyone_ expects it. You're not going to get
it to change.
(2) Who cares what the default is? Just change it yourself. You can
trivially write a script or shell function that calculates it and
invokes configure with the right options, or even install a site
config file that does the same thing.
Or, set the DESTDIR variable when you run make install.
(3) Look into stow and similar things for very simple "package
management".
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