Re: [PATCH]: mknetrel builds Guile #5: split

[Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> In that case they can run directly from the 'inst' directory or copy it
> around as needed.  Creating a 'usr/local' under the inst directory
> doesn't seem too useful too me.  Although, IMO, it doesn't make sense to
> test things in locations other than the standard one if you are
> preparing a release.  It's easy enough to revert to previous releases
> with setup if there is a problem.

Depends on how long the "pre-release" period is.  I've had a number of 
packages -- built using method2, prefix=/usr/local -- that I put 
together for my personal use ...  e.g. db2 before Nicholas took over, 
libungif (still awaiting adoption), netpbm (ditto)...

But, because I use them and want to have them installed -- BUT don't 
want their presence to be detected when I build the official packages 
that I maintain -- I don't want to install them into /usr.  That way, I 
can exclude /usr/local/bin from my PATH, and /usr/local/lib isn't 
searched by default, so no "oops I linked cvs.exe against berkeley db 
instead of gdbm by mistake" problems.

Granted, it's an ignore-able corner case...

--Chuck