Re: makefile uninstall somewhat aggressive?

[Hugh Sasse]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Andreas Kahari wrote:

> On 06/03/06, Hugh Sasse <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Yes, that would work too.  Then the variable should be called something
> > else, I think, because that's LOUTLIBDIR really, rather than LIBDIR.
> 
> 
> Calling it something else wouldn't really be necessary.

It would help poeple with "beginner's mind" point it at the right
place the first time, I suspect.  

> The above fix is in fact what's being done in the OpenBSD port patch
> of lout (and I assume in the other BSDs as well, if they provide a
> port/package for it):
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/print/lout/patches/patch-makefile?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

thanks for that.  That's maybe more GNUish style that you wish with 
$PREFIX.
> 
        [...]
> > > Personally, I always install stuff under /opt/<packagename>, where you
> > > can easily see what you installed and you don't need anything more
> > > advanced than rm(1) to remove it ...
> >
> > Doesn't that play havoc with your (LD_LIBRARY_)PATHs?
> 
> 
> I too use /opt (with GNU stow, e.g. using
> --prefix=/opt/local/stow/package-xx.yy) for all software that I can't
> find a native package for (not lout anymore!) and I've never had any
> problem with LD_LIBRARY_PATH...

Thanks, I'll have a look at stow again later.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Andreas
> 
        Thank you
        Hugh