the rule is to put everthing in the /usr/local directory ( PREFIX=/usr/local ) except for the sysconfdir which should be /etc
Note that you can put your policy in the file
config.site (see the documentation relative to autoconf for further information).
hth, Jerome
Gregory Machin wrote:
when compling a new aplication gcc ./configure allows you to use the following to configure the location of relavent files, what paths should i specify for debian so that i may keep with the standards .. 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]
Gregory Machin
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