why gui-wm/dwl::guru installs into /usr/bin?

[guyuming]

when i emerge gui-wm/dwl::guru , it installs into /usr/bin.

If i git clone DWL source code into local, and make install, it will install into /usr/local/bin

in the simple Makefile for dwl (https://github.com/djpohly/dwl/blob/main/Makefile), there is an "include config.mk" line, and in config.mk, there is PREFIX = /usr/local


And i am creating an ebuild for rfm: https://github.com/padgettr/rfm/blob/master/Makefile . The Makefile also contains a line PREFIX = /usr/local. I just copy the ebuild from dwl and make adjustment for rfm, so, both ebuilds inherit the same set of eclasses.

But no matter through local make install or emerging through ebuild file, rfm always installs into /usr/local/bin folder.

I just wonder why ebuild for DWL can install dwl into /usr/bin, instead of /usr/local/bin? and how can i achieve this for rfm.ebuild

[fedeliallalinea]

Usually /usr/local is used when you compile and install software outside a package manage.
So it's correct that dwl ebuild installs in /usr while the one you compiled in /usr/local.
This also allows you to not overwrite binaries/libraries when you compile outside the package manager.

To understand why your rfm ebuild does not install in /usr you should post it.

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See also https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s09.html
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[GDH-gentoo]

And to answer the "how" part of the question:

[guyuming]

@GDH-gentoo, thanks so much!

I should have though about it. I have seen this line of code and even thought about it.