[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#620452: no place for packaged zsh libs

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Frank Terbeck wrote:
> marc chantreux wrote:
> > I would like to make a zshlib-foo.deb file to install a zsh written
> > library in a path handled by the default $fpath.
> >
> > /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions is for the local admin stuff.
> > /usr/share/zsh/functions/* are for stuff distributed with zsh. 

Splitting up for vendor and local admin stuff sounds sane.

> > i would really appreciate to see a /usr/lib/zsh/functions to put my stuff in.
> 
> This isn't as hard as I thought on IRC.
> 
> I think we could just
> 
> fpath+=( /foo/bar/baz )
> 
> in `/etc/zsh/zshenv'.
> 
> Because that file is sourced for *every* zsh instance that's ever
> started (except if zsh is invoked in sh-mode - but then sh-mode is so
> different that I don't care).

Hehe.

> We just need to decide what "/foo/bar/baz" is acceptable in terms of
> debian policy etc. So, any comments or suggestions? ...my knowledgeable
> debian-certified pkg-zsh colleagues? :-)

Will that directory contain any files which are compiled at build
time? If so, it should be

/usr/lib/zsh/functions and /usr/local/lib/zsh/functions

else 

/usr/share/zsh/functions and /usr/local/share/zsh/functions

But I like that idea.

		Regards, Axel
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