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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh index 0339e8fcf6..c1172caba2 100644 --- a/hints/linux.sh +++ b/hints/linux.sh @@ -43,17 +43,30 @@ ignore_versioned_solibs='y' # available via anonymous FTP at tsx-11.mit.edu in # /pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd. # Allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar -# Also, if the user has specified -Uinstallusrbinperl and hasn't -# specified a prefix, then set prefix to /usr/local. -case "$prefix" in -'') - case "$installusrbinperl" in - "$undef") - prefix='/usr/local' ;; - esac -*) - prefix='/usr' ;; -esac +# +# Addendum for 5.005_57 and beyond: +# +# However, most Linux users probably already have a /usr/bin/perl. +# We can't know whether the current user is intending to *replace* +# that /usr/bin/perl or whether the user is intending to install +# a *different* installation. +# +# Here is what we used to do: +# Allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar +# case "$prefix" in +# '') prefix='/usr' ;; +# esac +# +# For now, let's assume that most Linux users get their /usr/bin/perl +# from some packaging system, so that those compiling from source are +# probably the more experimental folks and hence probably aren't +# intending to replace /usr/bin/perl (at least just yet). +# This change makes linux consistent with most other unix platforms +# in having a default of prefix=/usr/local. +# These notes can probably safely be removed in 5.006_50 and beyond. +# +# 9 April 1999 Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu> +# # gcc-2.6.3 defines _G_HAVE_BOOL to 1, but doesn't actually supply bool. ccflags="-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL $ccflags" |