Andrew DeFaria writes: > I'm trying to understand the reluctance towards "fixing the problem" > and instead the insistence on "putting a band aid on it". So in the > above, why would you not instead do --prefix=/usr/local?
Because some scripts try to use $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX) rather than $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX) or otherwise insist on adding a slash somewhere in the expansion of directory paths without checking whether they are "" or "/". While it'd be preferable that these expansions be fixed, simply prepending a few more slashes usually works when the system follows POSIX rules since only "//" is special. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
