From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 20 Dec 2002 10:58:23 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040410921 7055 80.91.224.249 (20 Dec 2002 19:02:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PSPH-0001pf-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 20:01:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PSO4-00084e-05 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:00:44 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 20 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108359 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4888 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4888 >>>>> Lee Sau Dan writes: >>>>> "David" == David Masterson writes: David> GNU tools generally are not distributed with any package David> manager in mind. They have "make install" and some have David> "make uninstall" as the replacement for a package manager. David> MS-Windows actually has this issue well handled. > Most GNU softwares nowadays have "./configure > --prefix=/anywhere/you/like/foobar" so that the "make install" will > only put files there. Uninstalling is simply "rm -rf > /anywhere/you/like/foobar". This does not work if "/anywhere/you/like/foobar" (for all "foobar") is "/usr/local" as is most often the case. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA