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Re: testing consistency
- To: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)
- Subject: Re: testing consistency
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:04:41 -0600
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <m0x9DaB-0004ecC@ocean.lucon.org>you write:
> When you do
>
> # configure
>
> on linux or any platforms where gcc is the native, default
> compiler, prefix should be /usr, not /usr/local. Please
> check out egcs/gcc/configure.in to see what it does.
I disagree.
I've worked on such systems for years; and if installing egcs
overwrote my system compiler I'd scream bloody murder.
Overwriting the default native compiler should require explicit
"permission" from the user -- ie "--prefix=/usr".
jeff