Compiler says it does something that it does not do

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Reply to Gregor,

> Ty Tower wrote:
> 
>> Now I will just approach this vewy vewy quietly so no one
>> misunderstands..........
>> 
>> On a Linux machine as user tytower I issue a build command as below .
>> Because I am logged in as user, not root I cannot write to  /usr  so
>> the compiler says I will write to  /home/tytower/d  instead. It does
>> not in fact do this as no directory /home/tytower/d exists or is
>> created ,Even if I create this directory it is not used. It actually
>> write to the current directory which in this case is the same as the
>> directory the program is in.
>> 
>> [tytower at linuxbox MyStuff]$ dsss build -D maintry.d Default prefix
>> /usr is unwritable, using /home/tytower/d instead.
>> 
>> Now what I am suggesting is that the message out from the compiler is
>> ....wait for it ...wrong. Not that it worries me or there is more I
>> don't understand , but merely to tell someone there that this exits
>> and is ....wrong.
>> 
> This is not a bug. You didn't install anything, so it didn't actually
> need to use the prefix.
> 

So the message is with regards to installing only, not for building docs 
or general building?

> - Gregor Richards
>