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add caveat about 'make install' 

[Imported from Trac: page AdvancedInstall, version 41]
davidsarah 2011-01-29 21:18:05 +00:00
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AdvancedInstall.md

@ -173,8 +173,11 @@ and `/usr/bin/tahoe` .
The "`make install`" Makefile target is a wrapper around "`setup.py install`"
that uses `--single-version-externally-managed` to bypass the extra
checking that setuptools does. This allows "`make install`" to work the same way as traditional unix
software (via GNU autoconf, etc).
checking that setuptools does. This allows "`make install`" to work
somewhat more like traditional Unix software. However, once Tahoe has been
installed this way, it may be difficult to get it to stop using the installed
version even when using `bin/tahoe` from a different build directory;
see #1258.
("`make install PREFIX=/usr/local`" does not currently work -- see #703.)