Re: Installation HOWTO

john> also, *BSD/Solaris/other non-RedHat platforms: where do john> these instructions break on your setup? MS> Nowhere. However, they should be abstracted over $prefix. this was done this way on purpose, based on two lines of reasoning: (1) it's more complicated to explain the whole $prefix issue, and (2) if you really need to muck with it, you shouldn't need instructions at this hand-holding level. Or are you referring specifically to the package install location in line 7? If so, could you provide specific location/platform pairs? Then I can make up a table. I am (unfortunately) woefully ignorant of non-RedHat distros. MS> Also, they sometimes refer to the version number as "21.1.*", MS> sometimes as "21.1.6". This should be consistent. fixed. MS> I don't understand why we don't have a tarball containing the MS> .elc and .info files anymore, but that seems to be somebody MS> else's fault. not it. 8^)= thanks; keep 'em comin'. john. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John S Jacobs Anderson Apprentice Geek jacobs(a)azstarnet.com Journeyman Molecular Biologist <URL:http://www.azstarnet.com/~jacobs/> <- GeneHack:bioinfo*linux*opinion