| > There is something I like better in
|
| > ./configure --prefix=/usr bindir=/bin
|
| > over
|
| > ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin
|
| What's wrong with:
|
| ./configure prefix=/usr bindir=/bin
|
| ? :-)
I'm very much in favor of such things, mainly because it simplifies
considerably configure and its use, which is a good thing.
Nevertheless, since Richard will certainly not accept such changes, I
proposed something in between, i.e., what's really specific, what
really changes a lot of things shall remain as an option. And prefix
is definitely something with a ``big'' meaning. In addition, I don't
think we'll discover later that we needed another foo_prefix option,
so it is less important to have an open scheme for --prefix and
--exec-prefix. In addition, it is good that --perfix is rejected,
*that*'s one of the most important options.
In fact, something I've always hated in the original --help of
configure was the fact that --prefix and --*dir seemed to have the
same status:
| Directory:
| --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
| [/usr/local]
| --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
| [same as prefix]
| --bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
| --sbindir=DIR system admin executables in DIR [EPREFIX/sbin]
| --libexecdir=DIR program executables in DIR [EPREFIX/libexec]
| --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
| [PREFIX/share]
| --sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/etc]
| --sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data in DIR
| [PREFIX/com]
| --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/var]
| --libdir=DIR object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
| --includedir=DIR C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
| --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc in DIR [/usr/include]
| --infodir=DIR info documentation in DIR [PREFIX/info]
| --mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
| --srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [configure dir or ..]
This is why I changed it into:
| Installation directories:
| --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
| [/usr/local]
| --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
| [PREFIX]
|
| By default, `make install' will install all the files in
| `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify
| an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
| for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
|
| For better control, use the options below.
|
| Fine tuning of the installation directories:
| --bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
| --sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
| --libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
| --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share]
| --sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
| --sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
| --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
| --libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
| --includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include]
| --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
| --infodir=DIR info documentation [PREFIX/info]
| --mandir=DIR man documentation [PREFIX/man]
This is also why I know suggest this --help:
| Installation directories:
| --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
| [/usr/local]
| --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
| [PREFIX]
|
| By default, `make install' will install all the files in
| `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify
| an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using `--prefix',
| for instance `--prefix=$HOME'.
|
| For better control, assign the following variables.
|
| Directory variables:
| bindir user executables [EPREFIX/bin]
| sbindir system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin]
| libexecdir program executables [EPREFIX/libexec]
| datadir read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share]
| sysconfdir read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
| sharedstatedir modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
| localstatedir modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
| libdir object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
| includedir C header files [PREFIX/include]
| oldincludedir C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
| infodir info documentation [PREFIX/info]
| mandir man documentation [PREFIX/man]
Akim
