$docprefix [Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]]

2001-06-22 Thread Guido Draheim
Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > > which leads me to the question where the /doc should go under, > > Perhaps instead of --docdir we should have --doc-prefix, that defaults > to --prefix? Then man, info, html, etc would all be in /usr/local by > default, but this could be easily overridden using --d

Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-21 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Alexandre Oliva writes: > The problem of adding configure options is that, in a multi-package > build (think of the so-called Cygnus top-level configure), all > configure scripts must accept the same set of options, even if they > ignore some, otherwise you can't use these options for any of the

Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-20 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Jun 20, 2001, Guido Draheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> /usr/local/[man|info] for local packages >> and reserves >> /opt/[man|info] for "add-on" packages. > Indeed! so in fact, it should still be $prefix/man etcetera, Yep > which leads me to the question where the /doc should go under, P

Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-20 Thread Guido Draheim
Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > Guido Draheim wrote: > > > > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > > > > Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > -8<- > > > > AC_SUBST([infodir],['${prefix}/info'])dnl > > > > +AC_SUBST([docdir], ['${datadir}/doc'])dnl > > > > AC_SUBST([mandir],

Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-20 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Guido Draheim wrote: > > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > > Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > -8<- > > > AC_SUBST([infodir],['${prefix}/info'])dnl > > > +AC_SUBST([docdir], ['${datadir}/doc'])dnl > > > AC_SUBST([mandir], ['${prefix}/man'])dnl > > > > > > > In my

Re: Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-20 Thread Guido Draheim
Earnie Boyd wrote: > > Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > -8<- > > AC_SUBST([infodir],['${prefix}/info'])dnl > > +AC_SUBST([docdir], ['${datadir}/doc'])dnl > > AC_SUBST([mandir], ['${prefix}/man'])dnl > > > > In my simplistic mind having three places for document

Default values for infodir and mandir [WAS: Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?]

2001-06-20 Thread Earnie Boyd
Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote: > > Hi! > -8<- > AC_SUBST([infodir],['${prefix}/info'])dnl > +AC_SUBST([docdir], ['${datadir}/doc'])dnl > AC_SUBST([mandir], ['${prefix}/man'])dnl > In my simplistic mind having three places for documentation isn't logical. I can understand le

Re: [autoconf] doc dirs?

2001-06-19 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
Hi! >--[Russ Allbery]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Rüdiger Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'd like to re-kindle the discussion about options for where to put a > > programs documentation by suggesting the following patch: > Wouldn't some sort of general facility for adding a new *dir switch

Re: doc dirs?

2001-06-19 Thread Guido Draheim
Russ Allbery wrote: > > Rüdiger Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to re-kindle the discussion about options for where to put a > > programs documentation by suggesting the following patch: > > Wouldn't some sort of general facility for adding a new *dir switch for a > given pa

Re: doc dirs?

2001-06-19 Thread Guido Draheim
Rüdiger Kuhlmann wrote: > AC_SUBST([infodir],['${prefix}/info'])dnl > +AC_SUBST([htmldir],['${prefix}/share/doc/html'])dnl > +AC_SUBST([psdir], ['${prefix}/share/doc/ps'])dnl > +AC_SUBST([dvidir], ['${prefix}/share/doc/dvi'])dnl > +AC_SUBST([guidedir], ['${

Re: doc dirs?

2001-06-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Rüdiger Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to re-kindle the discussion about options for where to put a > programs documentation by suggesting the following patch: Wouldn't some sort of general facility for adding a new *dir switch for a given package be better than adding a bunch o

doc dirs?

2001-06-18 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
Hi! I'd like to re-kindle the discussion about options for where to put a programs documentation by suggesting the following patch: 2001-06-19 Rüdiger Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * acgeneral.m4: (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS) Add switches for install dirs of documentation in html, ps,