norm(_at_)dad(_dot_)org wrote:
Ken Hornstein <kenh(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com> writes:
No one really spoke up in favor of changing it. Norm spoke up that he
liked it the old way.
But not enough to fight about it.
but i will. i like the status quo.
with a big, multi-directory install like nmh, i vastly prefer that if
i do a local build and install that the results are self-contained:
- it makes it trivial to have multiple installs -- currently
my machine has the ubuntu version, 1.5, and git versions in
different places. i use git myself, but my wife gets 1.5.
- when the reasons for needing the local build go away (because
i've lost interest, or the pre-release changes i needed are
now available through my distro), i simply revert my PATH
changes and remove the entire /usr/local/nmh tree.
(it might be different if there were always a "make uninstall" target,
but there never is, and it probably wouldn't really be safe even if there
were.)
paul
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paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma,
where it's 32.5 degrees)
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