Re: autoconf make install

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:Andreas.Pflug@web.de]
> Sent: 13 May 2003 22:34
> To: Dave Page; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: autoconf make install
>
>
> Dave Page wrote:
>
> >I think /usr/local/pgadmin3 is the right place.
> /usr/X11R6/bin should
> >be for components of X11R6 that came with the OS, whereas
> /usr/local/
> >is specifically for additional programs installed by the
> local admin.
> >If it ever gets popular enough to ship with 'pgLinux' for
> example :-)
> >then /usr/pgadmin3 would seem sensible.
> >
> Should we really invent a new directory, requiring changes to
> PATH? Why
> not using /usr/local/bin? In this case, we shouldn't use
> /usr/local/bin/ui/*, but something distinctive as
> /usr/local/bin/pgadmin.ui/*.

Well technically the filesystem standard does say we should use
/usr/local/bin. The gui components should probably be elsewhere
(/usr/local/share springs to mind, but that *should* be architecture
independent data which you could argue the xrc's are not).

As a sysadmin though, I prefer a program specific structure under
/usr/local/xxx. It makes it so much easier to seperate out what files
belongs to what package. Can make a mess of your path and ld.so.conf
admittedly, but then I usually type full paths anyway. Some also
consider adding /usr/local/bin/ to the path to be a bad idea though I
never quite figured out why.

Thought or comments from anyone else?

Regards, Dave.