[pkg-GNUstep-maintainers] Re: Bug#256156: How to address the FHS concerns

Matthias Klose doko@cs.tu-berlin.de
Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:55:03 +0200


Evan Prodromou writes:
> On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 15:08, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > This guy filed some RC reports on GNUstep packages. You have to check,
> > if his claims are valid or not (at least his claim that all packages
> > are affected, is not valid).
> 
> Are there any GNUstep applications that _don't_ install into the
> /usr/lib/GNUstep tree?
> 
> Are there any that put everything in the "right" place, FHS-wise, and
> make symbolic links inside the /usr/lib/GNUstep tree?

no, his claims are wrong. Steve Langasack posted a nice summary to
debian-release. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/06/msg00107.html

The solution is not the best one, but changing the Makefiles and the
layout would take a bit longer.