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Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:49:50 +0100 (MET)
From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Mark E. wrote:

[...]
> The only way I see to make things work right is by deleting the files 
> generated by the configure script and tell folks they will have to run 
> configure themselves so the right directories are set. 

That's a good way to go, usually, yes --- 'configure' scripts do have a
reason they were invented for, see? Adapting directory layout to the local
customs of an installation is one of them.

Except for the chicken-and-egg problem, that is, if the program to be
built is the shell itself: what 'sh' should the user call to build 'sh'?
But as your current build setup already requires 'sh', that's not making
anyhting worse, in this case.

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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