[CMake] CMake2.5 - wrong default install location for mingw

[Brandon Van Every]

On 10/23/07, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> OK, now this is more what I was asking for.   If autotools based
> projects in msys install into /usr/local by default, then maybe CMake
> ones should as well.

As far as I'm concerned, this is Autotools' problem.  CMake should
pursue no slavish strategy with regards to Autotools.  Only strategies
that actually result in Autotools projects getting converted to CMake
projects.  I've made known my political views on that!  It's mostly
about working with people who are ready to move on and willing to make
changes.

> I think I am going to post to the msys mailing
> list and get some input from those folks.   My reason for not wanting to
> use /usr/local was that msys states that it does not want to become a
> cygwin, but rather just a tool so that you can build autotools projects
> under msys.

Last I checked a couple of years back, the MSYS developers were
surprisingly hostile to autotools.  Don't wade into their mailing list
saying "MSYS is for running autotools" unless you want to seek
offense.  I believe I checked into this when you and I were having
this very argument awhile ago.  And I conceded, having previously been
of the /usr/local mindset, because of what I found on the MSYS list.
It will be interesting to see what you determine *at present*.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every