[XML-SIG] Oddities

uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com
Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:13:54 -0700


> On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 08:44:37AM -0700, uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com wrote:
> > By "standard" I mean Linux standard.  I'm not sure if Solaris, etc. place docs 
> > at the same spot.  But for Linux, vendor-packaged docs go in
> > 
> > /usr/doc/<package-name>-<package-version>
> > 
> > and third-party package docs to
> > 
> > /usr/local/doc/<package-name>-<package-version>
> 
> By "standard" you mean Red Hat standard.  Debian, for instance, uses
> /usr/share/doc/<package-name>

Really?  I thought /usr/local/doc was Linux Standard Base.  I don't have a 
ref, mind, I was commenting off-head.  Also, many other distros besides Red 
Hat do it this way.

Nevertheless, I still think docs should be installed with every package.  Do 
you have any idea for an algorithm for package documentation location?


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