On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:08:16 +0100
Will Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
You can document in your install manual that you can do:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
if you so desire.
regards,
junichi
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