On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 11:00 pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > The "average user" shouldn't be running configure with a prefix of / > or /usr, and so the default is what they want. /etc and /usr are > "owned" by dpkg, so nothing should be installed manually there. > Running ./configure without arguments will default to /usr/local, > and hence /usr/local/etc, which is entirely correct.
The "average user" does run with a prefix of /usr. That is why I am in this situation. I am not saying it is necessarily right, but the majority of users seem to expect this (i.e. bug reports on the upstream mailing list). If I can't find a way to make this default then /etc will simply be hardcoded all over the source. > Only if you want to write hairy non-portable macros, using m4 > diversions which are internal to autoconf and will break since there > is no formal interface for the autoconf developers to preserve. No, > basically. Oh the flexibility of autoconf, it really is a joy to use isn't it? > You should create a local "config.site" which tells configure what > your local defaults/preferences are. autoconf.info documents this. I'm not sure that that will really be acceptable to upstream. > HTH, No, but I appreciate your efforts.
