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Re: Sligthly OT: Compiling a given Autoconf-based package on variousUNIX Systems
- To: Ira Abramov <lists-linux-il(at-nospam)ira.scso.com>
- Subject: Re: Sligthly OT: Compiling a given Autoconf-based package on variousUNIX Systems
- From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir(at-nospam)technion.ac.il>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:12:03 +0300 (IDT)
- Cc: <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33_heb2.09.0108240159520.6783-100000@green>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Ira Abramov wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > If you happen to have access to a UNIX configuration,which is not Linux,
> > and can see if it works there, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> I wish I could help, but:
>
> > I suggest you use the "--prefix=$HOME/fc-solve" option to configure so you
> > can later cleanly remove it.
>
> this is one of those little things that annoy me... why do so few people
> write a "make uninstall" makefile entry?
And even if they have written it: would you have trusted it to do as
instruted? And that nothing will go worng?
Limiting the damage to your (or a test user's) home dir is something
useful...
--
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
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