Re: Buglet in ocaml-ldconf
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:00:14PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:28:47PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > But going for Xavier's 'only true Unix way', remember that you have to
> > run ldconfig once you have changed /etc/ld.conf, so it is not that
> > counter intuitive. And there is a warning on top of /etc/ocaml/ld.conf
> > about this, if i remember well.
>
> The comment states:
>
> # On debian systems, this file is read by the ocaml-ldconf
> # tool, together with /var/lib/ocaml/ld.conf, to generate
> # the standard ocaml /usr/lib/ocaml/ld.conf file.
>
> is not clear that you have to rerun ocaml-ldconf after changing
> /etc/ocaml/ld.conf, IMHO.
Ok, i will change it (but you could have told me before woody freeze
time)
> > > As stated in another mail, findlib is already /etc/ocaml/ld.conf aware!
> > > Just set CAMLLIB=/etc/ocaml while doing "ocamlfind install" and findlib
> >
> > This is a strange thing, the many many different meanings that are given
> > to CAMLLIB (it is also supposed to point to /usr/lib/ocaml or wherever
> > ocaml installs its stuff, is it not ?).
>
> Indeed is a work around not a real solution. Anyway note that I suggest
> to local declare CAMLLIB=`pwd` only when doing 'ocamlfind install' and
> not while doing 'ocamlfind something_else' because CAMLLIB, if set,
> override the default ocaml library directory.
>
> > So you also are in favor of a single directory ?
>
> Yes, but also if that policy will spread enough among ocaml developers
> and if it causes no trouble to the various ocaml* tools.
> > That said, let's standardize on a single directory, say
> > /usr/lib/ocaml/shlibs like Xavier suggested, and keep the ocaml-ldconf
> > around for the cases were the library package don't conform to this
> > standard.
>
> ... indeed but I would really prefer if Xavier will do something more
> that "suggesting" a directory, he and all the OCaml guys have to publish
> a policy or something like that IMO.
I will be doing a summary of our position and post it on the caml list
(unless someone else who is better with words than me wants to do it),
and lets see what they will reply us.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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