/usr/local?

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 06:15:50PM -0400, David J. Haines said:
> So, I tried installing 1.8.0 from source to /usr/local, and it's
> apparently "not supported."  I understand fully that doing so has
> never been recommended, and I understand why, but disallowing the
> user the option to do so?  That's just not right.  The "--prefix"
> flag is there so that people *can* install it to where ever they damn
> well please.  I can't say that this is a good move, and I'd ask that
> the ability to install it to /usr/local be reinstated.

/usr/local is specially handled by gcc (which we of course use to build
things), and can cause issues; see the third point at

<http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#defaultprefix>

It's now been specifically disallowed in configure to avoid the support
issues (eg, tickets) against installs there.

Bryan


> 
> David Haines
> dhaines at gmail.com