On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 10:24:45AM -0700, Aaron Bannert wrote: > I don't understand why this is an issue. I use --prefix to define where > things should be installed. Typically that defaults to /usr/local. > Any reason we shouldn't do the same? (I'm ok with our directory > being called flood or flood-1)
httpd and APR both do not have their default prefix set to /usr/local, but rather /usr/local/{apache2,apr}. I think it's better to follow that strategy than /usr/local for the clueless newbie who doesn't use --prefix. -- justin