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Re: ITP: netpbm




Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:

> They can be accommodated by providing a 
> script with the package that moves the files elsewhere if this becomes a big 
> issue, no?


upgrades?

Also, user customized installations belong in /usr/local; don't mess 
with /usr if you want support from the list.

I'd probably end up ignoring Jan's package and rebuilding my own version 
(which goes into:

/usr/local/bin/netpbm/*
/usr/local/lib/
/usr/local/include/
etc...

Or maybe downloading Jan's -src package with each new release and 
rebuilding it after changing the prefix...and the /bin/netpbm/ ...

--Chuck



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