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Re: relocatable.texi: improve reference to packaging systems?
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: relocatable.texi: improve reference to packaging systems? |
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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