James Amundson wrote:
> 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
Exactly.
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