On Sat, 23 Apr 2011, Dave Miller wrote:
> %{__perl} Makefile.PL LIB="/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8"
> INSTALLMAN1DIR="/usr/local/lib/man/man1"
> INSTALLMAN3DIR="/usr/local/lib/man/man3" INSTALLBIN="/usr/local/bin"
> INSTALLSCRIPT="/usr/local/bin" INSTALLDIRS=perl
>
> I know putting stuff into /usr/local from an RPM is controversial, but
> this way it lets it install stuff without conflicting with core
> packages, and also puts the installed files first in your path, so you
> can actually use them normally.
Are there any conflicts involving files other than manpages?
Manpages could be installed in the standard directory (/usr/share/man)
if you changed their suffix. Unfortunately, the result is not quite
deterministic because it depends on the ordering of filenames
in a directory (man appears to always pick the last matching file).
Another solution would be to create (perhaps by way of a dedicated special
package the other packages would depend on) new manpage sections (e.g.
3rfx) and insert them into MANSECT in /etc/man.config before the standard
sections.
I am not sure whether it would be less or more controversial than
installing packaged files in /usr/local.
--
Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak / Jeremiah 9:21 \
"For death is come up into our MS Windows(tm)..." \ 21st century edition /
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