/usr/local?

[David J. Haines]

That's exactly what I was talking about.  I understand the potential  
problems, but that's OK with me (and, presumably others like me).  If  
one is savvy enough to be using the "--prefix" flag, one should be  
willing to put up with the potential problems doing so entails.   
Perhaps a warning - even one saying that such installs are unsupported  
- would be in order  but outright denying such installs isn't.

David

On Aug 30, 2009, at 7:27 PM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

> 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
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