From: Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>
To: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] tools: install under /usr/local by default.
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:01:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1354708870.21632.27.camel@Abyss> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354642903-4545-1-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com>
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On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 17:41 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> This is the defacto (or FHS mandated?) standard location for software
> built from source, in order to avoid clashing with packaged software
> which is installed under /usr/bin etc.
>
> I think there is benefit in having Xen's install behave more like the
> majority of other OSS software out there.
>
I think that too. Very small knowledge of autotools and related stuff
here, so I don't think I can provide a "technical ack", but I definitely
like the idea!
> The major downside here is in the transition from 4.2 to 4.3 where
> people who have built from source will innevitably discover breakage
> because 4.3 no longer overwrites stuff in /usr like it used to so they
> pickup old stale bits from /usr instead of new stuff from /usr/local.
>
I think this is something that needs to be made clear in release notes,
migration instructions, etc., but, at the same time, I wouldn't consider
it a showstopper.
Dario
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-04 17:41 [PATCH RFC] tools: install under /usr/local by default Ian Campbell
2012-12-05 10:57 ` George Dunlap
2012-12-05 11:02 ` Ian Campbell
2012-12-05 12:01 ` Dario Faggioli [this message]
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