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Re: testing consistency
- To: Jim Wilson <wilson at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: testing consistency
- From: Per Bothner <bothner at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:11:53 -0700
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
> Consider what happens if HP sends you a compiler upgrade for your HP machine.
> Does it go into /usr/local? No. It goes in /usr.
The correspondong scenario is a Debian/RedHat/Slackware *binary package*.
That is of course installed into /usr.
> On the other hand, an end user must install into /usr,
> otherwise, they haven't actually upgraded the compiler on their system.
End users should only compile from source as a last resort.
Otherwise, they should get an updated package from Debian/RedHat/Slackware.
> It is generally preferable to make things harder for the developer, since
> they are expected to be able to deal with any problems.
Agreed. And it is more difficult if gcc is installed in /usr,
for any Linux system based on Debian/RedHat/Slackware, unless
it is installed as a package upgrade.
--Per Bothner
Cygnus Solutions bothner@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/~bothner