Fwd: [Nix-dev] Flags to configure script

[Lluís Batlle]

I also noticed the change of default prefix. Some time ago, it was /nix.

If you want to take advantage of precompiled binaries, set it to /nix.
All nix binaries have hardcoded absolute paths referring to /nix
(because the build farm uses /nix, as most nix users). If you don't
use /nix, you will have to recompile everything.

Regards,
Lluís.

2009/5/24 Mads Lindstrøm <mads_lindstroem at yahoo.dk>:
>
> Hi
>
> I am new to Nix and I must say, Nix seems like a really, really cool
> idea. Previous to reading about Nix, I thought Linux distributions like
> Debian, did package management in the best conceivable way. But now I am
> not so sure ...
>
> I have installed Nix on my Debian (Lenny) box and it went ok. However, I
> am unsure if a gave the right flags to ./configure. I just used the
> default flags, but from reading
> http://mail.cs.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2008-December/001640.html :
>
> "First, the docs state that --prefix=/nix is the default, but it seems
> it's
> /usr/local. At least make install (as a normal user!) tried to create
> /usr/local/libexec or something and failed."
>
> I suspect that I should have given the configure script the
> --prefix=/nix flag. Should I have?
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Mads
>
>
>
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