[Gllug] rpms is there an easier way?

[tet at accucard.com]

>To compile an application to go to /usr/local usually requires simply
>adding --prefix=/usr/local to the options you pass to the configure
>script, so

Only if the application is well behaved. I've come across several that
will accept a --prefix option, but the default for --sysconfdir is /etc
rather than PREFIX/etc, for example, and even a couple that hardcode
certain locations, while providing a configure script for everything
else...

Tet


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