[XML-SIG] Installing to split prefix/exec-prefix

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Luis P Caamano writes:
 > Because you end up with multiple copies of the files on
 > every platform-specific directory, just like I have them

  While this is a bit of a nuissance, it should not be significant.
The extra copies should not include configuration files; those don't
belong in the source area.  (They should go in /usr/share/lib/ or some
place like that.)
  Using exec_prefix for both allows different versions of a package to
be installed for different platforms.  This can reasonably be expected
to be necessary in some of the platforms become unsupported by newer
versions of the package, but users need to use the newer versions
where possible.


  -Fred

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