Re: docdir with "packages" directory

[John Calcote]

On 7/10/2009 5:42 PM, Andrew W. Nosenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 20:52, John Calcote<address@hidden>  wrote:
>    
> > 2) Is there any movement within the Automake community to move toward the
> > LSB directory structure as the default?
> >      
>
> Excuse me, but why automake should prefer one of the many OS and,
> therefore, one of the many FS layouts over other (except automake's
> own POV) ?
>
> Please understand, LSB-based FS layout is non-common (the same as LSB
> itself) even in the Linux world.  Why do you expect that LSB will be
> followed somewhere outside?  (Please, remember that Automake works in
> more environments that just a Linux, even in all Linux flavors and
> distros).
>    
Hi Andrew,

Yes, you are correct. I have already answered previous responses to my 
original message. As it turns out, LSB doesn't even specify a particular 
docdir layout. The proper specification comes from the File System 
Hierarchy standard. FSH states that package directories go directly into 
/usr/share/doc, which is exactly as Automake does it.

My particular issue was specific to SuSE Linux - for some reason, they 
chose to place package directories within a "packages" directory beneath 
the proper docdir. I just didn't realize that this was specific to SuSE 
Linux. Live and learn.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
John