From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: N8TM@aol.com To: dm@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu, egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: Suggestion for --with-local-prefix configure option Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:01:00 -0000 Message-id: X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00573.html In a message dated 3/16/99 10:16:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, dm@reeducation- labor.lcs.mit.edu writes: > Currently the option always defaults to /usr/local, > regardless of --prefix. I argue that this default is wrong for most > cases. I'll present an inexpert but biased opinion. I have no problem with the /usr/local default. I let the snapshots go in /usr/local on all systems where I have the privilege to do so, without having to worry about whether it is a workable version. I install the "stable" releases in the primary compiler location for the target, if I have privileges there. The only target I use where /usr/local is accessible to me and is on the standard search path is HPUX. But there, I have to play symlink games because there isn't any disk space in the real /usr/local, not even enough to run applications which need significant space on /tmp. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: N8TM@aol.com To: dm@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu, egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: Suggestion for --with-local-prefix configure option Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00578.html Message-ID: <19990331234600.dlk3LvA4dSL_lao3sFDjlN4oqxSZTN51lmEYh1jdc3A@z> In a message dated 3/16/99 10:16:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, dm@reeducation- labor.lcs.mit.edu writes: > Currently the option always defaults to /usr/local, > regardless of --prefix. I argue that this default is wrong for most > cases. I'll present an inexpert but biased opinion. I have no problem with the /usr/local default. I let the snapshots go in /usr/local on all systems where I have the privilege to do so, without having to worry about whether it is a workable version. I install the "stable" releases in the primary compiler location for the target, if I have privileges there. The only target I use where /usr/local is accessible to me and is on the standard search path is HPUX. But there, I have to play symlink games because there isn't any disk space in the real /usr/local, not even enough to run applications which need significant space on /tmp.