Re: [BUGS] Build problem with CVS version

John Summerfield writes:

> I'd point out this from the INSTALL document:
>      --prefix=PREFIX
>
>           Install all files under the directory PREFIX instead of
>           /usr/local/pgsql. The actual files will be installed into various
>           subdirectories; no files will ever be installed directly into the
>           PREFIX directory.
>
>           If you have special needs, you can also customize the individual
>           subdirectories with the following options.

But there are also exceptions listed at --with-perl and --with-python.

> This is entirely consistent with the way other software that uses the
> same configuration procedure.

I am not aware of a package that installs general-purpose Perl/Python
modules as well as items from outside of those environments.

> I contend that if a user wants different behaviour the onus is on the
> user to specify that.

You're probably right, but I suspect that the majority of users rightly
expect the Perl module to go where Perl modules usually go.  This wouldn't
be such an interesting question if Perl provided a way to add to the
module search path (cf. LD_LIBRARY_PATH and such), but to my knowledge
there isn't a generally accepted one, so this issue would introduce an
annoyance for users.

Surely the current behaviour is an annoyance too, making the whole issue a
rather unpleasant subject. ;-)

Well, as soon as I come up with a name for the install-where-I-tell-you-to
option, I'll implement it.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter