On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 09:40, Raymond Toy wrote:
> Vadim> 1) Executables
>
> Vadim> /usr/bin/ (%_bindir)
>
>
> I must say that I've always hated applications that installed their
> stuff in /usr/bin, etc. It makes it impossible to tell if some
> program actually came with the system or was something that I added
> later.
>
> Plus, then it requires root access just to install these things.
>
> I'd propose putting them in /usr/local by default. If the user wants
> it in /usr/bin or somewhere else, we can provide the appropriate
> configure magic if it doesn't already exist.
Don't worry. He was just giving an example. The configure magic is
already there and working just fine. Binaries are installed in
PREFIX/bin. The default for PREFIX is /usr/local.
--Jim