"Ch. A. Herrmann" wrote:
> >>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Simon> The right thing to do on such a box is to use the RPM or
> Simon> debian package, if one is available.
>
> For the reason below, RPM is not a solution for us. Currently, I'm
> compiling GHC with a modified LD_LIBRARY_PATH and until now nothing
> seems to be wrong. Thanks for the help.
>
> As far as I know, RPM packages are installed into a particular
> directory, e.g., /usr/local. However, at our department, we have
> an installation concept that permits us to have different versions
> of the same software installed and therefore uses a particular
> directory. Other good reasons for that are (1) to avoid damage of our
> main system by software from outside the OS distribution and(2) to
> exclude software from public use which was not properly installed
> or harmonize with the installed system.
>
> Cheers
> Christoph
RPMs are normally installed into a specific location. However, you can also construct
a location-independent RPM that can be installed anywhere, but you have to write the
RPM spec file in a certain way to be able to build a location-independent RPM. It's
probably worth someone taking the time to tweak the spec file, since I can imagine
many users might be in the same situation.
--Jeff
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