On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 06:15:50PM -0400, David J. Haines said: > So, I tried installing 1.8.0 from source to /usr/local, and it's > apparently "not supported." I understand fully that doing so has > never been recommended, and I understand why, but disallowing the > user the option to do so? That's just not right. The "--prefix" > flag is there so that people *can* install it to where ever they damn > well please. I can't say that this is a good move, and I'd ask that > the ability to install it to /usr/local be reinstated.
/usr/local is specially handled by gcc (which we of course use to build things), and can cause issues; see the third point at <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#defaultprefix> It's now been specifically disallowed in configure to avoid the support issues (eg, tickets) against installs there. Bryan > > David Haines > dhai...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
