> lok wrote:
>> Michael Jennings wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 27 February 2008, at 09:20:59 (+0100),
>>> Sebastian Dransfeld wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Or just ./configure --enable-homedir-install
>>>>
>>>> I did some work so that the modules should end up in either the
>>>> current homedir, or the path enlightenment-config points to. And
>>>> that everything the module installs ends up in the same moduledir.
>>>>
>>> Exactly.  --prefix doesn't really make sense for modules.  They either
>>> go into E's module directory or the user's module directory.  Nothing
>>> else makes sense.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>> What doesn't makes sense here ? Someone can set up the search path for
>> the
>> modules to use only /foo and remove the defaults dirs. Block the
>> installation to the default path would be like forcing the installation
>> of
>> any application to either be in / or /usr and nowhere else.
>>
>> I agree that set up e's dir as a default path to install a module is
>> useful
>> but the --prefix is only an option, blocking it just reduce the
>> posssibilities when installing.
>>
> Agreed. E having the ability to specify a module_search path is very
> useful (and I don't see this option going away anytime
> soon)...therefore, having the modules able to be installed anywhere the
> user decides is a good idea.

Then I agree. But --prefix should then be taken literally, so that using
--prefix=/mydir makes the module end up in /mydir/MODULENAME.

Sebastian


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