Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/<arch> and /usr/share
Osamu Aoki <osamu_aoki_home@nifty.com> writes:
> On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 08:47:41PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote:
>> Bartosz Feński <bartosz@fenski.pl> writes:
>> >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs
>> >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However,
>> >> the FHS requires that this should be split between /usr/share/ and
>> >> /usr/lib/<arch>/. In the majority of cases, this could be done
>> >> automatically by recognizing the type with the "file" command: object
>> >> files, libs etc. go to /usr/lib/<arch>/eso-midas/, all text and data
>> >> files to /usr/share/eso-midas (with a link to
>> >> /usr/lib/<arch>/eso-midas).
> Is this some old package with autotools? Then... this may be fixed by
> reconfiguring build script, do so.
No; that would be easy. The program is really old and installs all
libraries and binaries within the source tree, with the option to remove
the unneeded sources afterwards.
It has simply no way to specify a data dir and/or a lib dir. The basic
install instruction is:
1. unpack the sources to the place you want to have the package
2. point the environment variable (MIDASHOME) to that dir
3. start compilation
4. (optional) remove unneeded sources
Best
Ole
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