Re: [Nasm-devel] Flaw in install script for nasm v0.98.39?

[Ed B. <be...@mi...>]

Ed Beroset wrote:
>>>I want to bring these potential problems to the notice of the NASM
>>>developers, specifically Frank. Maybe the script should be corrected
>>>since the manual pages and info files for virtually all modern Linux'es
>>>exist under /usr/share/man and /usr/share/info rather than /usr/man and
>>>/usr/info. Also the script should install by default to /usr/local/bin
>>>rather than /usr/bin.
>>
>>I don't know the answer to that one, Santosh. I'll pass it on to the 
>>nasm-devel list (Hi List!) and see if I can get an answer. On my system, 
>>nasm/ndisasm install to /usr/local/bin, and /usr/share/man is a symlink 
>>to ../man. But I don't think it's what you'd call a "modern" system. :)
> 
> He's right.  According to FHS 2.3, /usr/share/man is the correct 
> location.  I'll look into fixing that to make sure it works on newer 
> systems.

OK, here's the answer.  Instead of running the default configure, run 
autoheader and then autoconf.  Then run ./configure and so on.  This is 
all described in the INSTALL file.  If that doesn't work, then we'll 
need to gather some data and see where the problem lies.

Ed