On 2011-08-20 16:31:00 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:39:24AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > [ExtUtils::MakeMaker Makefiles] > > > The INSTALLSITE* variables are incorrect: > > > > INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR = $(SITEPREFIX)/man/man1 > > INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR = $(SITEPREFIX)/man/man3 > > > > They should be: > > > > INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR = $(SITEPREFIX)/share/man/man1 > > INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR = $(SITEPREFIX)/share/man/man3 > > > > (with "share") to be consistent with other tools, such as the > > autotools. > > > > Similarly, > > > > $ perl '-V:install.*man.*' > > installman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'; > > installman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'; > > installsiteman1dir='/usr/local/man/man1'; > > installsiteman3dir='/usr/local/man/man3'; > > installvendorman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'; > > installvendorman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'; > > > > though this isn't really an error since the FHS says that > > "/usr/local/share/man and /usr/local/man directories must > > be synonomous". > > It's not clear whether your last comment is intended to refer to both > examples you give, although I don't see why it shouldn't apply to both.
My last comment refers only to the second example. AFAIK, the FHS says nothing like that for the other prefixes. /usr/local is a standard prefix, so that the symlink could be added when the system is installed. But this is not true for other prefixes like the user's home directory. Moreover /usr/local/man exists just for historical reasons, and using /usr/local/share/man is better anyway. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#FTN.AEN1530 says: /usr/local/man may be deprecated in future FHS releases, so if all else is equal, making that one a symlink seems sensible. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
