[Fwd: debhelper alternate prefix option?]

[Soete Joel <joel.soete@freebel.net>]

Hi all,

Is it the right list?

Thanks in advance for help,
	Joel

Soete Joel wrote:
> 
> Hi Joey,
> 
> In my actual position I maintain HP-UX systems for which it is usual to
> put optional packages into /opt/<package>, config files in
> /etc/opt/<package> and log files in /var/opt/<package>.
> I fill it more convenient specially to test new release:
> before the "make install" I can save easily the old release with "mv
> <package> <package>.old".
> For my own usage, I try to rebuild some packages following this rules
> but I frequently have to add complicated means for instance to move all
> documentation into /opt/<package>/doc and then added links
> "/usr/share/doc/<package> -> /opt/<package>/doc".
> As I thing that it is complient with fhs, may I ask your opinion to
> revisiting debhelper tools to add a '--prefix' option (as frequently
> configure allow) to easily change "rules" dh_<tool> into dh_<tool>
> --prefix /opt (or exists it already and I do not found)?
> 
> Thanks in advance for help,
>         Joel
> 
> PS: I am newbie into perl language so I could not yet help.
> 
> PS: last release of rpm tools compile fine on hppa now (thanks)