On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:44:32AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 03:12:17PM +0200, Sven wrote: > > > 2) We can put them in another directory and add it to the path in > > > /etc/ocamlfind.conf. In this case, findlib helps again: you > > > can add a "metadir" entry in /etc/ocamlfind.conf; when you do > > > findlib install, findlib will automatically install the META file > > > in the metadir. > > > > This would have been the /usr/lib/ocaml/meta dir solution ? > > Sure, anyway after a rapid look to the FHS, the best place will be > /usr/share, now we can choose between /usr/share/ocaml/findlib, > /usr/share/ocaml/meta, /usr/share/ocaml-findlib or whatever you want.
/usr/share/ocaml/meta or /usr/share/ocaml/findlib would be the best choices (but again, this is a post woody thing, which would need to be documented in the ocaml policy, would you care to contribute a small paragraph about those things ?). > > Does the actual findlib package does this kind of thing ? i just checked and > > it doesn't do it like that. What is the format of this exactly ? > > Which kind of things? I can't follow you here. Ocamlfind have a "path" > variable and use it, looking rapidly at the source code I find out that Well, we would need to change the path variable in /etc/ocamlfind.conf (BTW, /etc/ocaml/findlib.conf would be a better name). > the path separator is OS dependent and on unix systems the standard ":" Ok, ... > separator is used. I haven't checked if multiple paths are looked for, > but if this is not the case, we have found a bug! :))) Also, claudio told me that it uses the OCAMLPATH env var, but this is not a findlib specific variable, and could cause problems. > > > 3) We can add /usr/lib/ocaml/lablgtk to the path in /etc/ocamlfind.conf > > > and leave META.* into lablgtk. > > > > An ugly solution, since we will finish adding a lot of paths everywhere. > > > > Maybe going for the 2nd solution would be the best solution, but it will be a > > post woody thing. > > IMO, solution (2) is the good one. I will look at it, but some reminders > from this list are helpful :-), after the woody release. Yes, after the woody release. I would prefer : put things into /usr/share/ocaml/meta. have the conf dir be /etc/ocaml/findlib.conf and having a path variable pointing to "/usr/share/ocaml/meta:/usr/lib/ocaml" (the later for backward compatibility with self installed stuff. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
