I would like to see an option at configure stage to remove the version from the path, in order to honor the --prefix= path I set before compile. It is tiresome to edit PATH variables in .cshrc every time Gambit's version changes.

Note I am requesting this as something we would explicitly pass at configure, the default would remain as is. I understand the logic and reasoning for current pathnames. However, it would be nice for those of us used to conventional bsd filesystem layouts to have Gambit install in expected directories. I'm no expert in makefiles, but it shouldn't be more than a conditional statement to include PACKAGE_SUBDIR or not, no?