On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 12:25:52PM +0000, Edward Avis wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Michael G Schwern wrote: > > > If for some wacky reason you've got things configured to be > > outside your prefix (/var/man/man3, for example) it will fallback > > to a hardcoded structure of our choosing. Currently I'm likely > > to use: > > > > $(PREFIX)/lib/perl5/ > > $(PREFIX)/bin/ > > $(PREFIX)/man/ > > Possibly $(PREFIX)/share/man would be better to make sure that > PREFIX=/usr is FHS-compliant. OTOH this would mean that > PREFIX=/opt/whatever would not be FHS-compliant, since that standard > specifies /usr/share/man/ but /opt/packagename/man/.
I don't think its MakeMaker's job to enforce Linux FHS standards. Especially if you're not running Linux! :) All together now... o/` All the world's a VAX\h\h\hUnix\h\h\h\hLinux o/` > Probably as long as you first check both $(PREFIX)/share/man and > $(PREFIX)/man and use one of those if it exists, I don't think the > choice of share/man vs just man for the default matters much. > > >This at least ensures that if you say PREFIX you're *guaranteed* that > >everything will wind up under that prefix. > > Unless someone has snuck a few '..'s into some other variables :-). *Gurgle* -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One I need a SHOWER a BURGER and some ROBOTS, STAT! -- http://www.angryflower.com/allrigh.gif
