Re: Buglet in ocaml-ldconf
Claudio Sacerdoti Coen <sacerdot@CS.UniBO.IT> writes:
> What I found very annoying of Sven solution is that if you install
> a package by hand (Bad Thing TM), the next time you install an
> ocaml debian package the entry for the hand-installed one
> disappears. This means that you have to learn ocaml-ldconf to
> understand what is happening...
Yes, I ran into this myself. I'd be nice if hand installed packages
were supported easily (through findlib or other ways), since we can't
expect all ocaml packages to have .debs.
> I don't by Xavier's argument.
I don't feel strongly either way. I think for Debian packaging,
avoiding unnecessary differences from the standard "ocaml way" is
probably good. But it doesn't look like there is a standard "ocaml
way" right now.
>> I have the impression that findlib + ld.conf integration could be
>> better.
>
> What do you mean? findlib already manages ld.conf correctly, adding
> and removing lines. The problem is findlib used by hand + ocaml
> debian packages.
findlib touches /var/lib/ocaml/ld.conf, which is a generated file in
Debian. Ideally the Debian's findlib should be patched to not do
this.
Perhaps findlib could add entries to a new /etc/ocaml/findlib-ld.conf
file that ocaml-ldconf reads when creating /var/lib/ocaml/ld.conf.
>> Also, findlib seems to like to putting things in /usr/lib/ocaml
>> instead of /usr/local/lib/ocaml.
>
> You can tell him where you want the libraries to be installed.
> What is the best default?
I'm not sure. The ocamlfind manpage gives
/usr/local/lib/ocaml/site-lib as an example. It may be as simple as
adjusting the default /etc/ocamlfind.conf to point to
/usr/local/lib/ocaml instead of /usr/lib/ocaml.
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