[PD-dev] adding standard install paths to the 'puredata' package

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Wed Dec 2 09:29:50 CET 2009


Hallo,
Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> On Nov 30, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>>
>>>> Additionally, I'd like to Debianize the directory names (i.e. /
>>>> usr/lib/puredata)
>>> What's un-Debian about /usr/lib/pd?
>>
>> the package name is not "pd".
>>
>> alternatively, the package name could be changed, if there is no  
>> nameclash.
>
> There is a nameclash.  'pd' is a virtual package for library packages to 
> depend on.  'puredata' and 'pd-extended' provide 'pd.  A 'desiredata' 
> package could also provide 'pd'. Then library packages would install 
> properly with any or all Pd flavors installed.

So doesn't it make sense to keep "pd" as a name for the lib-directory, just
like "vim" in /usr/share/vim is the common install place for all flavours of
Vim (i.e.  vim, vim-gnome, vim-gtk, vim-lesstif etc.)?

Ciao
-- 
Frank




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