On 04-01-2012 16:37:34 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> > And this part was not about the movement to /usr at all, so why do you
> > suggest another movement here? And while you answer that, please also
> > tell us, why you want to migrate packages to a different install
> > location without a need.
> 
> Because we need to finally be able to fix mistakes made in the past
> by other people.

What mistakes?

> > They install and work fine, so just keep it this way. I did not see
> > any argument to move packages around, that work well and have no
> > issue with their current install location.
> 
> What if, say, upstream introduces pkg-config file where our hacks will
> cause it to be installed into /lib/pkgconfig? Should we then expand
> the hack to cover that, and something else, and then another thing...

Highly unlikely, but if it happens, easy to fix, so not really a
convincing issue.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level

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