[BRLTTY] Question for all - default brltty install location.

Nicolas Pitre nico at fluxnic.net
Thu Mar 2 21:11:49 EST 2017


On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Dave Mielke wrote:

> What do all of you think? Should brltty configure by default to be installed in 
> /usr/local, with each distribution then specifying where it wants to install it 
> but with /usr/local being the default if not overridden?

I think it really depends if /usr/local/bin is normally in the PATH 
variable for root or rescue shells. If it isn't then this would make 
system repair attempts more troublesome than they already are when 
brltty has to be manually launched "blindfolded" so to speak.


Nicolas


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