On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Steve M. Robbins wrote:

> However: if you plan to release the code for general consumption,
> think twice before using it.  There are few things that irritate this
> software installer more than having "./configure; make install" put
> stuff somewhere OTHER than /usr/local.

actually, there are other platforms than Linux; /usr/local doesn't have
the same special status on many of those.

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