Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:21:14 -0500 Message-Id: <200010301621.LAA26265@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu CC: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com In-reply-to: <39FD8D9C.9008C843@ece.gatech.edu> (cwilson@ece.gatech.edu) Subject: Re: Default location for src install References: <000001c04244$27ecbed0$21c9ca95 AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru> <200010301408 DOT JAA25182 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <39FD8D9C DOT 9008C843 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> > > They install wherever the tarball says to install them. We've been > > following the GNU convention of source tarballs installing in a > > subdirectory named after the package/version. > > But, DJ, the GNU convention doesn't require that the tarballs are > unpacked from '/'. I think the suggestion was > '/usr/src/package/version/lots-of-files' not '/usr/src/lots-of-files' No, it's a combination of two conventions - GNU source tarballs always unpack into ./package-version/*, and setup always unpacks tarballs in / I don't mind if setup "knows" that source tarballs get unpacked into /usr/src, but I'd rather not mess with the contents-of-srcball convention, since keeping it often mean we can use the GNU srcballs as-is. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com