On Feb 17, 2008 10:18 AM, Zbigniew Baniewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 09:50:21AM -0500, William Boshuck wrote: > > > In essence, this is suggesting to move third party software > > installed by the project's third party software management > > tools out of /usr/local, so that it is out of the way for > ^^^^^^^^^ > > users who want to install software on their system without > > using the project's third party software management tools. > > Yes, indeed; why not, if you know, that such approach can be a problem for > the user? > > > I can imagine one response: Port whatever it is, or else > > That cannot be a valid response, when given to the _user_.
Sure it is. If you have permission to install to /usr/local, you are not a user, you are an admin. You can therefore fix the broken scripts to install wherever you need them to. If an admin refuses to install their software, users can install it themselves it to their home directory. --david
