User installation shadows system-wide - is this OK?

[leamas]

Since the desktop fie has the same name for a user install and a system-wide, the system-wide install is not visible in the desktop when a user install is in place. Perhaps this is as it should be, command-line access still works OK when testing.... but this need some thought.

[vindvaki]

I think it's fine, because that's how it usually is with stuff installed in places like /usr/local. I think we can assume the users to fit into one of the following categories:

1. they actually prefer this package, so this situation is ideal
2. they try this one out, don't like it and uninstall it via make uninstall
3. they are testing/developing the package, are aware of the issue and know how to deal with it

[rriemann]

When I put something in ~/bin it also shadows ~/usr/bin. (at least when you don't have a very uncommen $PATH). So I would consider this as standard linux behavior.