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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Install locations for doc packages
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:37:28
Message-Id: erobj8$ikh$1@sea.gmane.org
1 Hey guys.
2
3 There are a bunch of ebuilds (mostly in app-doc) that install stuff like
4 HOWTOs, guides, reference manuals, books published under Creative
5 Commons, etc. Currently the majority of these are installed into
6 /usr/share/doc/${PF}. The problem with this is every time one of these
7 packages gets a version bump it breaks any bookmarks or links one may
8 have made for quick handy-dandy access.
9
10 Should we:
11
12 - install into /usr/share/doc/${PF} and symlink to /usr/share/doc/${PN}
13 - install straight into /usr/share/doc/${PN}
14 - install into /usr/share/doc/${PF} and symlink to some universal
15 decided-on location (eg. /usr/docs/${PN}) just to keep stuff from
16 getting lost in the sea of /usr/share/doc
17
18 There's a bit of each in the tree right now, so i'd like to make it
19 consistent. I like the third option personally.
20
21 Also, anyone interested in an app-doc herd?
22
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Install locations for doc packages Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Install locations for doc packages Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr>