testing consistency

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:

 Jeffrey> 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.
 Jeffrey> I disagree.

 Jeffrey> I've worked on such systems for years; and if installing
 Jeffrey> egcs overwrote my system compiler I'd scream bloody murder.

 Jeffrey> Overwriting the default native compiler should require
 Jeffrey> explicit "permission" from the user -- ie "--prefix=/usr".

I strongly agree with Jeff.

Weren't there some complaints a while back about egcs build
overwriting things (like the texi to info tools)?  

The default should be a safe default.  That's especially true for beta
software, but even beyond that.  (Just because beta is finished
doesn't mean the bugs are all gone.)

In production environments, people *don't* just plunk a new tool over
an older one just because it was released...  

	paul