Re: prefix

Martin Willemoes Hansen (mwh@stampede.org)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:41:19 +0000

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> > Umh I was wondering why AbiSuite doesnt install itself in
> > /usr/X11R6/share when I have set the prefix too /usr/X11R6 ..
>
> That's just the way "make install" was written. It's very
> convenient to be able to completely uninstall the package
> with "rm -r /usr/Local/AbiSuite; rm /usr/local/bin/AbiWord;
> rm /usr/local/bin/abiword". Removing components from
> /usr/X11R6/share, /usr/lib/AbiSuite, /usr/bin/X11,
> /usr/local/bin, /usr/share, /usr/doc would be tough
> to do by hand, and makes for trouble when the application
> actually has to find its components there.

Well that was not my entended question .. I was wondering why it doesnt
put AbiSuite in /usr/X11R6/share/ when I sat the prefix to /usr/X11R6 ..

like it is coded to look for everything in /usr/X11R6/share/AbiSuite
right? Wouldnt it be apropriate to make it look in the prefix?

Best regards

Martin Willemoes Hansen

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