> On Thursday 17 June 2004 14:51, Alan McDonald wrote:
> > (I love the way apache rpm's to one dir structure one minute and then a
> > minor update later, they update to a completely different place. And
> > yet again, if you build it yourself you get a third place. Hope FB
> > doesn't go down this path.)
>
> This is a) normal and b) yes, Firebird has gone down that path.
>
> Official Firebird binaries are built to install into /opt/. If you build
> it yourself it will install into /usr/local by default. This is
> intentional. No way can you accidentally install your own build over a
> pre-built kit.
>
> I can't comment on your experience with Apache, but, immsc, they changed
> the directly layout significantly from v1.3 to v2.0. And distributions
> have traditionally changed the Apache directory layout to suit the needs
> of the distro. So, going from, (say) RedHat to SuSE to building your own
> Apache from official source will give the impression that the layouts
> seem to change on an ad hoc basis. Even more so if you get confused as to
> which version of Apache is installed.
>
> I can't comment on your RH9 problems, but, imo, it was beta software so
> what can you expect?
>
>
> Paul