Suggestion for --with-local-prefix configure option

[David Starner]

Mike Stump wrote:
> 
> > From: fheitka@ibm.net
> > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:55:12 -0500
> 
> > Lately, I've been inclined to put binutils and egcs binaries in their own
> > directory like: --prefix=/usr/egcs-m68k-glibc2.1
> 
> > Is there any problems with this?
> 
> Yes, you forgot the egcs version number in the path name.  Include it,
> even if you don't want to.
> 
> If you must have a non-version path name, sym link over to a versioned
> one.

Why? I've always used --prefix=/usr/local/egcs and simlinked into
/usr/local/bin as gcc-ss. Is there really a problem with this, as long
as I only want the two versions?
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