On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:29:45 -0800 Roy T. Fielding wrote: > Personally, I would prefer an entire prefix tree be created > under /usr/gnu such that an invocation of
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/gnu > /usr/gnu/make install [from a ksh93 hanger on] putting everything in one dir will eventually reach unresolvable version interdependency conflicts /usr/bin/foo(3.4.5.6) requires /usr/bin/bar(3.4.5.6) but /usr/bin/huh(1.2.3.4), which uses /usr/bin/bar, currently only works with /usr/bin/bar(1.2.3.4) -- so bar will hold up moving to the new foo or, /usr/bin utilities from different distributions might require specific but conflicting semantics from another /usr/bin utility going by the same name in both distributions, oh, say maybe /usr/bin/ksh -- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --
