Re: /usr/lib/caml and /usr/lib/ocaml
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 11:56:58AM +0000, Georges Mariano wrote:
> Hello,
>
> testing ocamlmake (last release) leads to testing camlidl (installation) ...
>
> it appears that /usr/lib/caml may be used in some ocaml stuff installations...
>
> as a first step I created /usr/lib/caml... re-install camlidl, then every thing
> works...
>
> as a second step, I start thinking ... (yes, one step too late ;-)
>
> as a third step it appears to me that symlinking /usr/lib/caml to
> an already existing /usr/lib/ocaml may be a solution since new/recent
> ocaml stuff may assume that everything is in /usr/lib/ocaml (and IDL stuff
> too !!!)
>
> your opinion ???
symlinking is evil, the correct way of doing a ocaml debian package is making
the stuff understand that ocaml stuff lives in /usr/lib/ocaml.
you can do a quick automatic fixing by just changing any buggy /usr/lib/caml
reference with /usr/lib/ocaml reference (with a propper use of grep/sed/find
or some perly/awky stuff or maybe even a small ocaml program ?).
Friednly,
Sven LUTHER
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