Claudio Sacerdoti Coen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I found very annoying of Sven solution is that if you install > a package by hand (Bad Thing TM), the next time you install an > ocaml debian package the entry for the hand-installed one > disappears. This means that you have to learn ocaml-ldconf to > understand what is happening...
Yes, I ran into this myself. I'd be nice if hand installed packages were supported easily (through findlib or other ways), since we can't expect all ocaml packages to have .debs. > I don't by Xavier's argument. I don't feel strongly either way. I think for Debian packaging, avoiding unnecessary differences from the standard "ocaml way" is probably good. But it doesn't look like there is a standard "ocaml way" right now. >> I have the impression that findlib + ld.conf integration could be >> better. > > What do you mean? findlib already manages ld.conf correctly, adding > and removing lines. The problem is findlib used by hand + ocaml > debian packages. findlib touches /var/lib/ocaml/ld.conf, which is a generated file in Debian. Ideally the Debian's findlib should be patched to not do this. Perhaps findlib could add entries to a new /etc/ocaml/findlib-ld.conf file that ocaml-ldconf reads when creating /var/lib/ocaml/ld.conf. >> Also, findlib seems to like to putting things in /usr/lib/ocaml >> instead of /usr/local/lib/ocaml. > > You can tell him where you want the libraries to be installed. > What is the best default? I'm not sure. The ocamlfind manpage gives /usr/local/lib/ocaml/site-lib as an example. It may be as simple as adjusting the default /etc/ocamlfind.conf to point to /usr/local/lib/ocaml instead of /usr/lib/ocaml. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
