Re: update standard installation directories

[Bruno Haible]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> the introduction of localedir

Thanks, this is consistent with my suggestion from 2003-11-07. It will
also make it easier to package internationalized shell scripts.

> Index: lib/autoconf/general.m4
> +  --localedir=DIR        locale-specific message catalogs 
> [DATAROOTDIR/locale]

Please turn this into

    --localedir=DIR        locale-dependent data [DATAROOTDIR/locale]

Rationale: It also contains the locale.alias file.

> Index: doc/autoconf.texi
> address@hidden localedir
> address@hidden localedir
> +The directory for installing locale-specific message catalogs.
> address@hidden defvar

Please turn this into

@defvar localedir
@ovindex localedir
The directory for installing locale-dependent but architecture-independent
data, such as message catalogs.  This directory usually has a subdirectory
per locale.
@end defvar

Rationale: Make people aware that installing things directly into $localedir
is a bad idea.

Bruno