testing consistency

[Jeffrey A Law]

  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