* Jerry <[email protected]> [2013-01-15 00:29:31 -0700]: > > On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 18:24, Jerry wrote: > > > >> On Jan 13, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> > >>> On Jan 12, 2013, at 00:39, Jerry wrote: > >>> > >>>> Since /opt/local is seen before /usr/local/ (which has automake 1.9 in > >>>> it), I want to temporarily roll back macports automake to 1.11.3. I get > >>>> this: > >>> > >>> Note that having software installed in /usr/local is likely to cause you > >>> problems with MacPorts, which is why we do not support having software > >>> installed there. > >>> > >>> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#usrlocal > >> > >> I've read this discussion before. I thought it was OK to have stuff in > >> subdirectories of /usr/local but not OK to have stuff /usr/local directly. > >> Is that not correct? I know this is a flamey topic so I won't say more. > > > > Yes, having software installed into a prefix below /usr/local is fine. For > > example, the official MySQL binaries are (used to be?) distributed with a > > prefix like /usr/local/mysql-X.Y.Z; this is fine. But installing into > > prefix /usr/local (i.e. files installed into /usr/local/bin, > > /usr/local/include, /usr/local/lib) can cause problems. > > > Ah--thanks for the clarification. I think I'll be taking a look at this in > due course to see if I can clean things up on my machine. > Jerry
I installed mutt devel myself into /usr/local, rather than using Macports, I don't recall the reasons why; I haven't experienced any problems so far but is it likely, then, that I will? Jamie -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
