Re: /usr/include/caml vanished from ocaml
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 06:19:59PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
>
>
> >> Other linux distributions don't need to see -I flag and they
> >> ship files in /usr/lib/ocaml/caml. This is also where the
> >> ocaml tarball installs files (it can be /usr/local).
> >> So, I'd like that we keep compatibility with other distributions.
> >
> > The /usr/include/caml symlink is there only for convenience. I can
> > remove it if you feel like that, but /usr/include is the right place to
> > put include files (says policy and such).
>
> Policy doesn't say you cannot install such files where there
> are installed by default.
>
> The /usr/include/caml link is fine, but it must point to
> headers files and /usr/lib/ocaml/3.06/caml is empty.
Mmm, my ocaml-3.06 package did that, i thought the ocaml package i
uploaded did also, but apparently i didn't backport this fix.
It will be fixed in my next uploaded package, don't worry.
> No, GCC are compatible between each other and gcc is build essential.
Well, there were incompatibilities between 2.95 and 3.2, at least for
drm modules and X servers.
> But there can be other compilers that GCC on the system.
But not the debian built ocaml.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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