AFAICT the asciidoc configure script accepts all the usual options like --prefix --exec-prefix etc so distros can put things in any place that matches their file layout standards, since there are several different ones. Ref http://xkcd.com/927/
Cheers Lex On 19 July 2013 12:51, Tong <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 8:39:06 PM UTC-4, Stuart Rackham wrote: >> >> Hi Brian >> >> On 16/07/13 05:24, [email protected] wrote: >> > I notice that, by default, AsciiDoc installs most of its configuration, >> > javascript and stylesheet files into sysconfdir or /etc/asciidoc. This >> > seems an unusual place to store project private information. Most >> > projects following the LSB (Linux Standards Base) install their project >> > private data files to a directory in /usr/share. >> > > I just looked at those files in Debian, which is very strict on which > files go to where, and notice that images, icons and javascripts are under > /usr/share, while filters, stylesheets, xsl etc are under /etc/asciidoc. > > > Is there any benefit or reason why AsciiDoc tends to want to install >> > files to /etc/asciidoc? Would there be any problems if such files were >> > installed to /usr/share instead? >> >> I can't think of any off the top of my head -- it's an historical >> anachronism that over a decade ago I choose sysconfdir (/etc). >> > > The "modern" approach is put all defaults under /usr/share, but all user > customization under /etc, right? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "asciidoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
