Bug#1125673: ghc: Please do not ship files under /var

[Gioele Barabucci]

On 20/04/26 08:16, Stéphane Glondu wrote:
> /var/lib/ocaml currently contains static data, computed at build time 
> over build artifacts, that are used to easy the work of dh_ocaml (and 
> lintian). It is similar in spirit to dune-package files that exist 
> outside Debian (and are installed in /usr/lib).
> 
> What would be the canonical location for that? I'm thinking about 
> "$(ocamlc -where)/.dh-ocaml" (aka "/usr/lib/$arch/ocaml/.dh-ocaml"), or 
> spreading each package's data in each package's dir in /usr/lib, e.g. 
> "$(ocamlc -where)/$pkg/.dh-ocaml". Any opinions?

Bikeshedding!

May I suggest a third option: `/usr/lib/$arch/dh-ocaml/$pkg/`?

A hidden directory in /usr/lib sounds... problematic? (for the lack of a 
better word).

Also dh-ocaml is related to ocaml, but is not ocaml. Debian's Ruby uses 
`/usr/lib/$arch/rubygems-integration/$api-ver/gems/$pkg`.

Also, dh-ocaml is not the only program using the information in these 
files, lintian uses it as well. Perhaps something more generic like 
`/usr/lib/$arch/ocaml-integration/$pkg/` and 
`/usr/lib/$arch/ghc-integration/$pkg/`?

Regards,

-- 
Gioele Barabucci