> Adam has proposed (I think) that Config.pm can specify a sharedir and (I
> think) that we can fallback to an 'auto/' location in @INC as per
> File::ShareDir. I posit that this then becomes a vendor+user education
> project, but haven't examined it in much detail.
Correct. Since Config is alrea
# from Ken Williams
# on Friday 23 January 2009 15:26:
>> Right. I think the unix users have also gotten used to
>> administration of things which use PREFIX. So, for situations where
>> an admin would expect an application to install stuff in
>> $PREFIX/share/application -- what is our solution
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Eric Wilhelm
wrote:
>>PREFIX is non-viable, which is why Module::Build went away from it and
>>only emulated it (right?)
Not sure what "emulate" would mean - we support it and fully implement it.
>>under massive pressure from people to not
>>break something that
# from Adam Kennedy
# on Friday 23 January 2009 06:35:
>> That sounds reasonable, but what about an application which simply
>> wants to decide on some install path (managing runtime reads itself
>> - without the help of File::ShareDir)? I think this might get into
>> the whole business of PREFIX
2009/1/23 Eric Wilhelm :
> Ok, so Module::Build would look for a sharedir in Config.pm and
> File::ShareDir would do the same?
That would be the basic idea, yes. Although a real might need to be a
little more nuanced.
> That sounds reasonable, but what about an application which simply wants
> to
# from Adam Kennedy
# on Sunday 18 January 2009 10:46:
>>If it WAS aware of "share", then people like Debian could configure it
>>to point at the real share path, instead of us being stuck in the
>>wrong place...
>>
>> And what is "configure it"?
>
>./Configure I guess... setting it when you build
