Re: [Alephmodular-devel] Preferences Update - library choice: expat

[Br'fin <br...@ma...>]

I woudn't mind a brief repetition. I do lose track of these and it adds 
to my clarity.

I *think* I recall you, Aaron, preferring the notion of

./configure
make
make install

Which defaults typically to /usr/lib.

Whereas my current thinking is:
./configure --prefix=/Library/Development/<Package>/<package>-<package 
version>
make
make install

I think /usr/lib is not Macish, a soup, and prone to complete toasting 
in the case of Archive and Install. Yes it's the Unix way. Yes it seems 
good for some of your A1 cross-compile too. (I do wish people would 
give more feedback on this issue under A1 too, alas.) On another note, 
some unix-side things do prefer/recommend versioned directories. For 
instance, large applications such as Oracle recommend installing 
different versions in different directories and not just a new one atop 
of an old one.

I admit my choices in the /Library directory do not feel perfect. But 
they do put things in a stable location that would be commonly usable. 
A bit more visible. And less prone to mixing up different library 
versions.

-Jeremy Parsons

On Dec 18, 2003, at 10:43 AM, Aaron Davies wrote:

> Well, you already know my thoughts on the subject, so I won't bother 
> repeating them.
>
> On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Br'fin wrote:
>
>> I await other people's thoughts and comments on where the recommended 
>> place to setup libraries for usage should be. In the meantime, I will 
>> probably begin work on CPreferencesWriter_Plist which wouldn't need 
>> the library.
>>
>> -Jeremy Parsons
>>