--- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Earnie> I understand your point but you must be flexable on this. I
> Earnie> do expect that the prefix is changeable at the time of make.
> Earnie> My guess is that others do also.
>
> Yep, but really if you want to understand what I meant, you'll have to
> reread with `make install prefix=/foo == expecting the package to work
> with prefix=/foo at runtime hence, if there are hard coded paths,
> recompile'.
Yea, I understood what you meant. I agree that one must be aware of the hard
coded paths and the affects of what installing in different directories mean.
However, `make install prefix=/foo' should *not* force a recompile/rebuild of
the package to be compliant with the documentation and standards.
Cheers,
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