That will not build with the same switches as the original package was
    built, and it will install in /usr/local which does not work for all
    packages.

If `make install' does not work for a certain package,
please send a bug report for that package.  It is supposed to work.


--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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