On Fri Dec 1 16:08:38 2000, tamstorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Changes:
> >
> > - Use 'make -Cdir' instead of '(cd $$i && $(MAKE))'. Less shell spawning.
> > This
> > can only be used with GNU make (IRIX make has not the -C flag), but as the
> > README.FIRST file says it has to be built wi gmake...
This change is not a problem.
> > - bzip2'ing of man pages.
>
> bzip2 is not widely available on IRIX machines, so I don't think this
> should be the default action. Maybe an option ...
Agreed.
> > - location of files. In linux there should not be any /usr/demos. All goes
> > in
> > /usr/share. Specific changes are:
>
> Isn't this somewhat of a religious issue ? Some like it in /usr/man others
> like it in /usr/share/man ... It almost seems better if $(IVROOT) would
> specify everything up until /man. That way you could set it to '/usr' or
> '/usr/share' according to taste, but maybe that will break other things.
My thoughts exactly. Besides, some of the viewers and demos have hardcoded the
paths to the help files.
> Rasmus
Jonathan Lim _ Silicon Graphics _ Mountain View
GPS Graphics Computer Systems CA, USA
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