On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Ray Kohler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Xavier <[email protected]> wrote: >> dwm was one of the very few softwares I never used a PKGBUILD for and >> don't recommend using one. >> And the problem you just described is one of the reasons. > > It's a little off-topic, but what did you actually do with dwm, then? > Use the upstream build system, or script your own? Install into > /usr/local, /usr, or somewhere else? hg tip or stable version from > tarballs? Basically, I'm asking whether, in the case where you decide > not to use a PKGBUILD, do you then follow upstream's installation > recommendations, or roll your own? >
- upstream build system - hg tip - /usr/local Then I would regularly compare my custom config with the default one, to track the changes. And I think that was following upstream recommendations.
