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Subject: $prefix != /usr/local
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The default $prefix (/usr/local) is discouraged for GNU/Linux [1].
Which means pretty much every glibc build *must* use a --prefix=
command, and typically --prefix=/usr, despite the potential danger
thereof.

Why can't we make that the default?  I'm kinda tired of typing that
over and over...


[1] It's allowed for Hurd, but maybe that's just because nobody has
    realized it's also bad there?