Re: Tony Nugent's arguments about RH .spec files
Andrew Sullivan (asullivan@sprint.ca)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:46:40 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Michal Vitecek wrote:
> anyway, it's not outr problem to bend down to lame
> RH newbies who can't find a file on their systems, providing there's a
> section about it in README or FAQ, which they should read anyway.
Well, yes, but as I understood his argument, RPMs are never supposed to go
in /usr/local. That really seems to be the bulk of his complaint.
On the other hand, What David Mihm says is true (and this is what I told
Tony): if you move the package _just_ for the RPMs, then dozens of people
start complaining about how they can't find the files. Tony's response to
this is, "Tell 'em to read the READMEs," which hardly helps: one still
spends hours sending off e-mails with that content.
Maybe it's better to put in the README.RedHat a note that the RPM is built
to go in /usr/local, and if they want to move it they ought to rebuild?
(Tony also pointed out that, for many RH users. /usr/local is not in the
path. So they can't find the file anyway.)
A.
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