[krbdev.mit.edu #2519] 1.3.2 Build problems.

Sam Hartman via RT rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu
Sun Apr 4 17:25:17 EDT 2004


>>>>> "omalleys at msu" == omalleys at msu edu via RT <rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu> writes:

    omalleys at msu> It still didn't build. Shouldn't it still compile
    omalleys at msu> even if I used that flag?

    omalleys at msu> I used the wrong flag for what I was -intending-,
    omalleys at msu> but the fact remains it didn't build with that
    omalleys at msu> particular flag or do the build scripts have some
    omalleys at msu> sort of mind-reading capabilities? If so, why
    omalleys at msu> wouldn't they want to tell me i am a moron in the
    omalleys at msu> configure script before I tried to build it? like
    omalleys at msu> "configure failed! You are being a moron and either
    omalleys at msu> you want to use --flag with the --program-prefix
    omalleys at msu> flag or you really want the --prefix instead. RTFM!"

I think you misunderstand what that flag does.  The program-prefix is
added in front of every program name.  If it contains slash, things
won't work very well.  The flag you may have been looking for is
bindir, which specifies where the programs get installed to.



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