David Cary Hart wrote: > Almost every package is compiled with --prefix=/usr (including KDE) when > installing to RH or Fedora. When the file is installed using RPM. > This keeps almost everything in the expected locations; Program > directories under /usr/share, executables in /usr/bin, configuration > files in /etc, etc. > > Not doing so tends to put stuff in /usr/local/whatever. They'll > (usually) still work but using --prefix provides a neater system. That's arguable. I'd recommend that if you *aren't* using RPM, put files in /usr/local. Keep one area for RPM to manage, and one area that it won't touch. Then you don't have to worry about yum update pulling in a new package that overwrites a file that you compiled yourself. James. -- James Wilkinson | ... call the editors names I am not allowed to say in Exeter Devon UK | print, like [censored] and [censored] with a E-mail address: james | [censored] and a wild [censored] in a pink dress. @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- http://theinquirer.net/?article=20170
