Re: HTML format documentation

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On 29 Aug 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Aug 29, 2000, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> So the only question is, should we change the default for --sysconfdir?
> >     Only if we also specify that packages shouldn't install anything in
> >     sysconfdir with `make install', only with `install-sysconf'.
> 
> > Why do you think `make install' should not install them in /etc?
> 
> Because `make install' is not supposed to install anything outside
> --prefix.  As I wrote before, people often install software as

You're overlooking --exec-prefix, which is independent of --prefix. From
'info' on autoconf:

           You can specify separate installation prefixes for
        architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  
        If you  give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH',
        the package will use PATH as the prefix for installing programs
        and libraries. Documentation and other data files will still use
        the regular prefix.

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