[avahi] Installation on SuSE 10.0

[Sebastien Estienne]

On 2/20/06, Peter Onion <Peter.Onion at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 20:17 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > On Mon, 20.02.06 18:17, Peter Onion (Peter.Onion at btinternet.com) wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 00:45 +0100, Sebastien Estienne wrote:
> > >
> > > > you could use "--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var"
> > > >
> > > > so you won't need to copy initscripts and you'll have your avahi
> > > > config files in /etc/
> > > > and no need for the "mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run/"
> > >
> > > If these are the "correct" paths, then could they be made the default
> > > values so that new users don't make the same mistake I made ?
> >
> > Because all autoconf apps work that way.
>
> But all other autoconfs work !
>
> > To deviate from the known behaviour might confuse even more people.
>
> Having to provide non-default options mightconfiuse people too!
>
> I think every other autoconf application I've installed either gets the
> paths right by default without having to provide anything on the
> configure command line or produces a working installation with the
> defaults.   IMHO the avahi autoconf is borked if it can produce none
> working installations !
>

i'll have a look why the directories are not created

> > > > you forgot the make install somewhere
> > >
> > > OPSE ;-)
> >
> > Sorry, what does OPSE stand for?
>
> It's like "D'OH!"
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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Sebastien Estienne