What is this standard that has all source compiled packages installed in /usr?
My preference would be that all programs are installed to the same location as any
default installation of the source...so that those of us that don't wait for SuSE
updates can install over top of existing installations.
My .02
Rick Thompson
> ** Original Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] Upgrading a SuSE system
> ** Original Sender: Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ** Original Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:36:55 +0200 (MEST)
> ** Original Message follows...
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Edmunds, Keith wrote:
>
> > I went to install Samba V2 on my SuSE 6.0 system last night. The
> > problem, of course, is the location of the files, which is different
> > on SuSE 6 to the defaults in Samba (which puts them somewhere under
> > /usr/local).
>
> Right. This is the default, if you install a package from source. Since we
> have integrated the package in our distribution, we install it under /usr.
>
> > This is an ongoing issue - I had the same problem upgrading fvwm2.
> > What's a good solution to this one? Can SuSE document how they place
> > files, so that when I run 'configure' I can give the correct arguments
> > to upgrade the correct files?
>
> This is documented in the spec-file, which belongs to the source-RPM. Just
> install the source package or have a look into the SRPM using "mc".
>
> Bye,
> LenZ
>
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