build configure script error

[Jamon Camisso]

Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> I agree with you that if I installed the devel pack then I should not have to build them from source, but getting desperate I tired everything I could think of at the time =)
> 
> I am not sure why make install put the lib and include under /usr/local and not /usr
> 
> I just noticed this when I did a search for the libs the most recent compiled version were found under /usr/local/
> 
> I will have to get you the logs tonight when I get home. 
> 
> The nice guys on ciaro mailing list totally ignored? snubber? my request, yet just right now I see they helped someone else with a compile error, stating that gmake is needs, if the person took the time to read the INSTALL note he would have know =P ... maybe I should reply to that thread and ask what he did to get past the config script...in fact I am going to do that just now ;)
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Rajinder Yadav

I haven't really seen a configure script that points to /usr by default, 
  /usr/local is pretty much always used as a prefix by default unless 
explicitly overridden. Also, check the output of ./configure --help, 
always, every time, before actually building something.

Jamon
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