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Re: relocatable.texi: improve reference to packaging systems?


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: relocatable.texi: improve reference to packaging systems?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:40:04 +0100
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Reuben Thomas wrote:
> If you still don't agree, then I suggest: "The package systems of most
> GNU/Linux distributions."

The same problem exists for distros on macOS (MacPorts, Fink, ...), Solaris
(OpenCSW), and so on.

Also, Wikipedia [1][2] uses the term "package management systems", so let's
use that's term.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(software)


2021-01-26  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

        doc: More precise wording.
        Reported by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> in
        <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2021-01/msg00300.html>.
        * doc/relocatable.texi (Enabling Relocatability): Talk about package
        management systems in general.

diff --git a/doc/relocatable.texi b/doc/relocatable.texi
index d2b5033..f8eec1e 100644
--- a/doc/relocatable.texi
+++ b/doc/relocatable.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ and have it work correctly (including i18n).  So many users 
need to go
 through @code{configure; make; make install} with all its
 dependencies, options, and hurdles.
 
-Red Hat, Debian, and similar package systems solve the ``ease of
+Most package management systems, that allow the user to install
+pre-built binaries of the packages, solve the ``ease of
 installation'' problem, but they hardwire path names, usually to
 @file{/usr} or @file{/usr/local}.  This means that users need root
 privileges to install a binary package, and prevents installing two




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