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From: Greg H. <gr...@ho...> - 2003-09-07 13:57:56
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On 07-Sep-2003 Dan Kegel wrote: > Steve G wrote: >>>If I were you, I'd install a fresh copy of the latest >>>gnu make just to see if that made a difference. >> >> >> I wouldn't. If you install a tarball over an rpm, you might get >> some of the directories wrong and then you have files all over >> the place that aren't tracked by rpm. > > Yes, that would be messy. However, if you install the new > make in /usr/local, there's no conflict, as it turns out. > And /usr/local is the default install destination, so it's > fairly safe. As far as I am aware, *no* distribution, has *ever* installed make, or any other major utility (or minor, for that matter) into /usr/local. best rgds, -Greg +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler gr...@ho... | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |