Hi,
>>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Marcelo> On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 11:52:18PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
 >> >  It uses GNU autconf's pkgdata dir idea. That's means it puts things
 >> >  in /usr/share/WindowMaker (in fact, I've seen quite a few packages
 >> >  doing this, which is, IMO, against policy)

        Why is that?

 >> I thought policy only said you couldn't put *files* in /usr/share,
 >> eg /usr/share/WindowMaker.somefile or something, but could (and must)
 >> make subdirectories like /usr/share/WindowMaker.

 Marcelo> Well. Policy says we use the FSSTND. Not the FHS. FSSTND
 Marcelo> says nothing about /usr/share, does it?

        And there fore does not forbid it. Also, we shall be moving
 towards FHS (or parts of the FHS) soon, so it it is not a bad idea to
 use /usr/share (in my opinion). We already have precedence.

        manoj

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