> Can you please explain why you think it should be written in the debian > ocaml policy?
Because how findlib is configure affects how are installed a lot of packages. [...] > findlib is an abstraction layer which precisely enable users to not > knowing details like this one. Please don't forget that everyone is not a findlib user ! There are people that prefer to use the direct interface. For these people, knowing the path of the directory where a lib is installed is important. In the Makefile one will write -I +foo or -I +site-lib/foo > Moreover, the findlib configuration in > Debian is precisely tuned to work properly both with libraries shipped > as Debian packages and library "manually" installed by local > administrators (the latter end up under /usr/local/...). And this point depends on the current configuration of findlib. Moreover, as you do it, why don't tell in the policy that you do it ? If it's because it may change, you can change the policy too. Mandriva packagers made the choice to use site-lib thinking that it was what Debian did chose. I won't blame them because they are not ocaml specialists and they package a lot of other things, including python and perl things where a site-lib directory is used. Moreover as it is not written in the policy it is not so easy to know. For example, to search the configuration of debian findlib I have searched for the build script of the ocaml packages, and felt there : http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-ocaml-maint/trunk/packages/?rev=0&sc=0 where I do not see any findlib. So I felt in the position to download a .deb and open it with ar x. Writing it in the policy would simplify the life of foreigners. > Still, the findlib path for looking for libraries is more than that, it > also contains a dir located /usr/local, as discussed above. Where is it discussed, I don't see, could you please point me where to find these details ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
