Re: [Gnue-dev] Our packaging should be changed to comply with the Linux Standards Base

[Jason Cater]

This is what "--prefix /usr/share" is for. 

-- Jason 

On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:48:52
"Stanley A. Klein" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I was looking in CVS at the documentation on static packaging.  It
> refers to installing in /usr/local.  According to the Linux Standards
> Base, packaged applications are to be installed in /usr/share.  Also
> (IIRC) according to the LSB, /usr/local is not to be used by external
> packages, only by the system administrator.  We should change our
> packaging accordingly and have GNUe install in /usr/share.
> 
> BTW, the LSB applies only to GNU/Linux and does not apply to other *nix
> systems such as Solaris.
> 
> 
> Stan Klein
> 
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