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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Installation layout idea
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:37:45 +0200 (CEST)

The Hermit Hacker writes:

> I do have issues with the whole /usr/local/include/pgsql concept though
> ... that is one of the things that I *really* hate about FreeBSD ports
> where they install qt 1.x in /usr/X11R6/include/qt and qt 2 in
> /usr/X11R6/include/qt2, and ... *roll eyes*  I like the fact that
> everything goes into one place ...

Whether or not this is a good idea is not really on trial here, although
I'd certainly hate to have the 200 Qt include files cluttering
/usr/include or some such directory. The fact is that various file system
standards, including FHS and GNU (and apparently FreeBSD) request
(require) such behaviour.

As long as we install semi-internal files such as config.h we better put
them in a non-shared location. The current state is broken in my mind.


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