Re: How to compile with --enable-nanorc?

alright thank you, i decided to install in /usr/bin seems easier for me and
less troublesome

I chose 2.9.8 because it has some extra features, I don't remember exactly
which ones but small things like line numbering, things that are annoying
not to have in 2.7 (because when I switched back from 3.x to 2.7 I felt it)
I auto install with ansible so I forgot which features were missing in 2.7
sorry (i had to read the changelogs to figure out 2.9 was fitting)

Le ven. 6 déc. 2019 à 11:12, Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> a
écrit :

>
> Op 05-12-2019 om 20:10 schreef flomanstrategy:
> > I answered only to help-nano (hope it's fine)
>
> Yes, thanks.
>
> > I chose 2.9.8 because it's the latest version that doesn't need new
> debian 10
> > packages (i'm on debian 9) to avoid conflicts
>
> When you build from source, you're not using the package manager (apt or
> dpkg),
> so you're not restricted by the dependencies that they impose. If you're
> able
> to build 2.9.8 from source, building 4.6 from source should not be a
> problem.
> But... if you're happy with 2.9.8, that's fine, it's a good version.
>
> Out of curiosity: why did you want to upgrade from 2.7.4?  Did you run into
> a bug with that version and wished to have a fixed version?  Or does 2.9.8
> contain some feature that 2.7.4 hasn't?
>
> >> which nano
> > /usr/local/bin/nano
>
> Indeed, you first installed without the --prefix=/usr option.
> And from you're later mail I conclude you succeeded in doing a
> 'make uninstall' for that configuration.
>
> > Another problem I have is when I type "dpkg -r nano" it says this
> > dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove nano, only the config
> > files of which are on the system; use --purge to remove them too
>
> You already overwrote the system's nano with your self-compiled one,
> so dpkg probably considers that the system's nano has already been
> removed.  Only the config file, /etc/nanorc, remains, and you probably
> want to retain that file.  So you can skip removing the old nano from
> your system.  (In theory it would have been better to leave the system's
> nano in place, configure nano *without* the --prefix=/usr, so it will be
> installed to /usr/local/bin.  The latter takes precedence over /usr/bin,
> so you would always be using the new nano.  But: if you would somehow
> screw up the build and install of a newer nano, you would still have
> the older, system's nano available in /usr/bin to save your hide.
> But you would need to make a symlink from /usr/local/etc/nanorc to
> /etc/nanorc in that case.)
>
> Benno
>
>