2009/12/15 Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Glus Xof wrote: >> >> In this moment, I'm wonder what is, then, the purpose of "make >> install" processes ?. I always believed that those, with root rigths, >> take files and put (copy) them to the right place in the system >> directories... doesn't it? > > Yes, it could do that and ideally the source package is designed to do it > safely and correctly. However, the default installation prefix is > intentionally /usr/local so that the person installing the software needs to > decide if they really do want to overwrite part of the operating system. > Overwriting part of the operating system installation is not a step to be > taken lightly. Even if the source package installs and works correctly, it > may have interferred with existing formal package managment used by the OS. I'll bear it in mind. Thanks, Glus _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
