Re: librep/rep-gtk/sawfish install directories

[Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson googlemail com>]

> librep installs library files to:
>
>   /usr/lib64/rep/0.91.1/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> rep-gtk installs to:
>
>   /usr/lib64/rep/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> sawfish installs to:
>
>   /usr/lib64/rep/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Is there a reason for having version number 0.91.1 in librep path?

Yes, because you might later install a newer version and want to keep
the old version around (for testing things for example).

> How about dropping x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu too?

Sounds like a good idea.

> All of those could be called /usr/lib64/rep.

The version number shouldn't be dropped, I think.

Cheers,
Daniel


>
> Same goes for:
>
>   /usr/lib64/sawfish/1.8.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>   => /usr/lib64/sawfish
>
>   /usr/share/rep/0.91.1
>   => /usr/share/rep
>
>   /usr/share/sawfish/1.8.0
>   => /usr/share/sawfish
>
> If you want to have version numbers the common way is to use:
>
>   /usr/share/rep-0.91.1
>   /usr/share/sawfish-1.8.0
>
>


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