>>>>> "UvB" == Ullrich von Bassewitz <uz@musoftware.de> writes: UvB> Instead of installing into /usr/local, my suggestion is therefore UvB> to build and install packages. This is in fact what I do with UvB> foreign software. I don't know about .deb files, but building UvB> RPMs is rather easy, and it enables me to remove ALL files that UvB> are part of an application suite, even after a year or so, when I UvB> have forgotten about it. On some systems (mainly linux) making packages is quick and easy. On other (Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X), it's more work that it's worth. On Cygwin I'm not even sure if it's an option. UvB> Regarding the default setting in the master makefile: I'm not UvB> using it to build the RPM packages. So I can live easily with UvB> /usr/local as default if this is the wish of the majority. On the UvB> other side, changing a line in the makefile or calling make with UvB> "prefix=/usr/local" on the command line is not what I would call UvB> a real effort, so I don't see it as a big issue. It's not. However, when you forget to set the prefix before building and accidentally end up with cc65 in /usr, it's a pain to have to clean it out manually and recompile... -- ___ . . . . . + . . o _|___|_ + . + . + . Per Olofsson, arkadspelare o-o . . . o + MagerValp@cling.gu.se - + + . http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.Received on Fri Jun 15 18:40:37 2007
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