[bug-sourceinstall] Re: patch to allow alternate location for .sourceinstall

[Brian Gough]

At Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:30:46 +0100,
Claudio Fontana wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Brian Gough <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I think it could be useful to allow the user to set an alternative
> > location for the .sourceinstall directory.  The patch below gives
> > the environment variable SOURCEINSTALL priority over HOME if it is
> > set, otherwise the behavior is the same.
> 
> I normally just symlink from ~/.sourceinstall. However, if you think
> it makes sense to easily switch between directories, I can include
> this.

Yes, I'd like to be able to switch between installing in the gnusys
system directory and in my home directory.

-- 
Brian Gough