On 31 January 2005 20:09, Sven Panne wrote:
> I've just seen
>
> system_default_prefix :: PackageDescription -> String
> #ifdef mingw32_TARGET_OS
> system_default_prefix PackageDescription{package=pkg} =
> "C:\\Program Files\\" ++ pkgName pkg
> #else
> system_default_prefix _ =
> "/usr/local"
> #endif
>
> in Cabal's sources. What is the exact purpose and why is it
> "/usr/local" on *nix and not "/usr"? The latter seems to be more
> natural to me for adequately packaged SW. I must admit that I
> recently didn't have time to follow Cabal's fast development, so it
> is quite possible that I've missed some details...
Not to start a pointless bikeshed discussion, but I thought that
/usr/local was the historical default for 'make install'-type
installations (which is what this is)? The RPM and other packages will
override this to /usr, of course.
For the Windows default, we should query the OS as Wolfgang pointed out.
Cheers,
Simon
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