Re: debian ocaml packaging policy :: findlib->site-lib
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:06:38AM +0100, Florent Monnier wrote:
> I think it could be a good idea to write in the debian ocaml packaging policy
> how findlib is configured related to the site-lib directory.
Can you please explain why you think it should be written in the debian
ocaml policy?
As it is right now the choice of the directory is left to
the maintenance of findlib, instead of ruled once and for all.
I don't see any problem with that not being written elsewhere, because
findlib is an abstraction layer which precisely enable users to not
knowing details like this one. Moreover, the findlib configuration in
Debian is precisely tuned to work properly both with libraries shipped
as Debian packages and library "manually" installed by local
administrators (the latter end up under /usr/local/...).
> Is it configured with the default dir (site-lib) or with
> -sitelib `ocamlc -where` ?
It is (see the other reply).
Still, the findlib path for looking for libraries is more than that, it
also contains a dir located /usr/local, as discussed above.
Cheers.
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