On 3/4/19 9:28 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach via clamav-users wrote: > > This is really confusing as datadir points DATAROOTDIR. > > Can I make them the same? >
It's confusing in clamav because it's confusing everywhere. Those directories and their meanings' come from autotools: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html but you shouldn't expect to be enlightened after reading that page. Probably the best way to understand it is with an example. First, many of the other directories (datadir, mandir, infodir,...) are defined in terms of datarootdir. So, for example, we might have * DATADIR=$(DATAROOTDIR), * MANDIR=$(DATAROOTDIR)/man, and * INFODIR=$(DATAROOTDIR)/info That means that if you want to move *all of that stuff*, then you would move the datarootdir. But then what is datadir for? Well... historically, some people have wanted to treat e.g. games as second-class packages. So, for example, they wanted to put all of the graphics files for games under /usr/share/games/<package-name>. That's fine, if the games themselves know where to look for that stuff. But things like man/info pages can't go there -- they need to be in the place where "man" or "info" will look for them! And basically, you can set DATADIR=/usr/share/games to accomplish that sort of thing. So to summarize: yes, you can set them the same, and they will usually be the same. _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
