Re: libsvg-graph-perl

[Damyan Ivanov <dam@modsoftsys.com>]

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- -=| David Paleino, 13.09.2007 22:11 |=-
> Il giorno Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:36:47 +0300
> Damyan Ivanov <dam@modsoftsys.com> ha scritto:
>>> A thing I'd like to ask: I've always used:
>>>
>>> perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor VENDORARCHEXP=/usr/share/perl5
>>> INSTALLVENDORARCH=/usr/share/perl5
>>>
>>> to avoid the creation of an empty /usr/lib/perl5, but here [1] I saw that
>>> only INSTALLDIRS is set, while the directory is removed at the install
>>> target with an rmdir. Which one is the preferable way?
>> Both work. Perhaps the first looks better as the second looks more like
>> a patchwork. If you're sure the first approach is better overall (i.e.
>> should work for all packages), feel free to fix dh-make-perl.
> 
> I don't really know. My approach is based on the Makefile MM generates (I
> didn't know of dh-make-perl until now), I don't know whether there could be
> exceptions to this behaviour or not.

dh-make-perl uses a template (two actually) for MakeMaker-based modules
so we may introduce the change only in these. Dos not hurt to try I
guess. I just prefer that some more MM-aware (like you) does the change :)

(In case you didn't notice, dh-make-perl is in the same SVN repository)
(hint, hint)
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