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Re: maintaining bash
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:19:28 -0400
- Subject: Re: maintaining bash
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 08:46:32PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Apr 10 13:28, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Hans Horn wrote:
>>>Looks like bash2.x install in /usr/bin while bash3.x installs in
>>>/usr/local/bin. Is that ok?
>>
>>No, it isn't. Cygwin programs get installed in /usr/bin. If the
>>upstream package doesn't go there by default, you'll need to patch the
>>sources in such a way that the files do get installed there.
>
>Urgh! Bold hint: ./configure --prefix=/usr
Yes, AFAIK, many packages need a command line hint like the above to tell
them not install into /usr/local/bin.
cgf