Fixed: C compiler cannot create executables

[Anders F Björklund]

Martin Krischik wrote:

>> He said it was 13MB.  So my guess is that some script did a
>>
>>  cp foo /usr/local
>>
>> expected that /usr/local already existed as a directory.
>>
> This is why the "--target-directory" was invented (at least for gnu's
> cp). Very helpful for scripts. Also very helpful is "setopt
> Err_Exit" (Z-Shell - for bash some obscure command with "-e"). Just
> imagine the cd goes wrong in:
>
> cd /tmp
> grm --force --recursive *(U)
>
> and Err_Exit is off. (Again Z-Shell - bash does not know about "(U)" -
> which would make the command combination even more disastrous).

The Portable Paranoid's version is to use e.g. "cp foo /usr/local/"
That will complain if not existing, and use /usr/local// otherwise.

But one can't get carried away and use that workaround everywhere...
http://trac.macports.org/ticket/13789 (problems with prefix slash)

The best is usually if the installation scripts make sure that the
directories are created first, which also helps when using DESTDIR:

mkdir -p /usr/local
cp foo /usr/local

--anders