On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:57:10 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[... lots of stuff snipped ...] > FWIW, I don't think /usr/share vs. /usr/lib is the biggest issue in > GNUstep. I think the bigger issues are: > - shared libs in /usr/lib/GNUstep/foo instead of in /usr/lib (has been > done by other packages in the past, but it looks like my historical > example, mozilla, has been cleaned up) Is this actually a policy/FHS violation? I think Eric has indicated that this might be able to be fixed, but that it isn't trivial. > - ObjC headers in /usr/lib/GNUstep/bar instead of in /usr/include; > it's not clear whether this is actually an FHS violation, since the > FHS says C/C++... :) It's also not clear if putting them in /usr/include would be a FHS violation, since FHS says that it's for C/C++ headers... :) (My own opinion is that ObjC is close enough to C and that they should go in /usr/include.) > - manpages apparently duplicated under > /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Documentation/man/manX/ Also, it looks like some packages (notable gorm) include a /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Documentation/info/ directory that contains documentation in texinfo. > - user-executable binaries under /usr/lib/GNUstep/baz instead of in > /usr/bin The binaries under /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/ can be executed directly, but are not intended to be executed directly. They are intended to be executed using the openapp program, or using the wrapper in /usr/bin that all the GNUstep packages create. This situation at least doesn't seem to be much different from the mozilla packages. FHS says that binaries that are not intended to be executed directly go in /usr/lib, so I don't see any problem here. Similarly, the binaries under /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Tools/ are intended to be executed using the opentool program. The shell scripts under /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/ that the user is supposed to source to set up the environment are no longer needed in the latest upstream, so this problem goes away. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
