On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Greg A. Woods wrote:

: > > So far as I can
: > > tell it's still not a given that all packages can be installed at a
: > > different prefix than they were compiled for.
: > 
: > They never would be. The prefix is fixed, and a symlink determines
: > where the files actually end up.
: 
: But then the programs actually go through the symlink ever time they
: access one of their companion files.  I think this is wrong as it means
: changing the administrative link will break everything that's installed.

Then use pkgsrc.  And please stop asking unless you plan to fix all the
sources yourself.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)