Suggestion for --with-local-prefix configure option

[N8TM@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/16/99 10:16:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, dm@reeducation-
labor.lcs.mit.edu writes:

> Currently the option always defaults to /usr/local,
>  regardless of --prefix.  I argue that this default is wrong for most
>  cases.

I'll present an inexpert but biased opinion.  I have no problem with the
/usr/local default.  I let the snapshots go in /usr/local on all systems where
I have the privilege to do so, without having to worry about whether it is a
workable version.  I install the "stable" releases in the primary compiler
location for the target, if I have privileges there.  The only target I use
where /usr/local is accessible to me and is on the standard search path is
HPUX.  But there, I have to play symlink games because there isn't any disk
space in the real /usr/local, not even enough to run applications which need
significant space on /tmp.