remove overwrite of --prefix
svigerske opened this issue · 3 comments
Issue created by migration from Trac.
Original creator: @svigerske
Original creation time: 2018-11-03 14:41:31
Assignee: @svigerske
Keywords: autotools-update
I more and more think that we should remove
# Where should everything be installed by default? The COIN default is to
# install directly into subdirectories of the directory where configure is
# run. The default would be to install under /usr/local.
AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([`pwd`])
I have the impression that most software keeps the default /usr/local.
It might be convenient for a developer to not install into /usr/local, but for (rather new) users this might come at a surprise.
As far as I understood, the get.dependencies.sh or the coin.install scripts of Ted would be unaffected by such a change, since they always set --prefix explicitly.
Comment by @LouHafer created at 2018-11-03 19:09:12
I agree --- the more we can confirm to Gnu default standards the better off we are. I, too, routinely set --prefix to something other than the COIN default.
Comment by @svigerske created at 2018-11-24 11:59:50
Removed AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([pwd]) with f0acd6c.
Comment by @svigerske created at 2018-11-24 11:59:50
Resolution: fixed