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Re: Which variable expands to /var?
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Bob Friesenhahn |
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Re: Which variable expands to /var? |
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Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:09:23 -0600 (CST) |
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
I'm not sure I understand. With this config.site file, you still have
to `./configure --prefix=/usr' in order for the changes to apply. But
then, even without the config.site file, users will generally overwrite
packages tools.
That is a good point. In that case, then having the pre-installed
config.site under /usr/share is a good idea since at least it assures
that files go in the same general places as the existing install.
Of course I agree that default config.site files are problematic for the
plain reason that they alter behavior in a way not documented by --help.
Yes, I recall that at one time MinGW's MSYS included a config.site
which was designed to tweak the settings for one particular version of
libtool. The CONFIG_SITE variable was set by default to use it. It
caused more harm than good.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, (continued)
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Keith Marshall, 2008/02/07
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Eric Blake, 2008/02/07
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Brian Dessent, 2008/02/07
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Eric Blake, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Eric Blake, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/02/08
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?,
Bob Friesenhahn <=
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/02/07
- Re: Which variable expands to /var?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2008/02/07