diff --git a/AdvancedInstall.md b/AdvancedInstall.md index c7b7101..59ec550 100644 --- a/AdvancedInstall.md +++ b/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.)