Re: nits to please a kernel hacker

["Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>]

Hi -

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:23:41PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> [...]
> systemtap really needs to consider using some kind of error
> message translation scheme so that the wierd error messages [...]
> [get] translated into something which a non-tools, non-systemtap 
> expert can actually understand.  [...]

That's an error message quality issue, and point taken.


> > (By the way, many of Roland's frustrations could've been avoided
> > had he done it the README way and ran a "make install".)
> 
> Maybe it would be better if the README had some explicit words ---
> "don't even bother trying to run it out of the build tree; systemtap
> has to be run in an installed configuration"?
> 
> Yes, some people might be annoyed about needing to install it in
> /usr/local.  [...]

/usr/local is simply the FSF-mandated autoconf default.  Just like any
other such tool, one can and generally should designate an arbitrary
installation directory with --prefix=DIR.

- FChE