On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:55:48PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 22 Apr 2002 12:07:41 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> >
> > If you do not use "make install" ...
>
> Sorry, this is really something I don't want to be ever suggested.
>
> The "make install" step is mandatory for every non-trivial program.
> There is no any reason not to do it, except for ending up with a non
> working installation.
>
> All installation directories are configurable using ./configure.
That may all be correct, but the reasons why I personally do not
use make install are
1) "make install" does not work from within a running fvwm session
(at least the last time I tried). It does not overwrite the
running executables.
2) It's ten times slower than my custom script that just overwrite
the executables before restarting.
When I'm hacking away, I easily reinstall and restart fvwm 100
times per day. With my script, that takes about five to ten
minutes, with "make install" it's one to two hours.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Apr 22 2002 - 12:11:28 BST