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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Install locations for doc packages
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:27:46
Message-Id: 45DFCC32.2010107@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Install locations for doc packages by Ryan Hill
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4 Ryan Hill wrote:
5 > Hey guys.
6 >
7 > There are a bunch of ebuilds (mostly in app-doc) that install stuff like
8 > HOWTOs, guides, reference manuals, books published under Creative
9 > Commons, etc. Currently the majority of these are installed into
10 > /usr/share/doc/${PF}. The problem with this is every time one of these
11 > packages gets a version bump it breaks any bookmarks or links one may
12 > have made for quick handy-dandy access.
13
14 The DOC_SYMLINKS_DIR variable is intended to solve that problem (new
15 in portage-2.1.2). It is documented in `man make.conf`.
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17 Zac
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[gentoo-dev] Re: Install locations for doc packages Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>