Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-22 Thread Florian Weimer
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:38:55PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Quoting from section 4.3 of the FHS 2.1: > > Which in turn suggests the proper solution: ask on the FHS lists, and > maybe on ada/gnat developer lists. I think I used the official

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-22 Thread Florian Weimer
Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoting from section 4.3 of the FHS 2.1: > > > 4.3 /usr/include : Directory for standard include files. > > This is where all of the system's general-use include files for the C > and C++ programming languages should be placed. A, tha

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-22 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Matthew Palmer wrote: > There is precedent (kind of), g++ uses /usr/include/g++, so why not > /usr/include/{gnat|ada}? c++ is a a C derivative, and the FHS explicitly limits /usr/include to C. If you want to change the FHS bring this up on the fhs-discuss list first. Wichert. -- __

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Chris Waters wrote: > > How about using /usr/share/ada instead? > > Speaking for myself, yuck! I'd much prefer to use /usr/include for > this. But I'm not an ada expert, and I don't know what the historical > precedent (if any) is. Maybe we should find out how it's _suppos

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Chris Waters
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:38:55PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Quoting from section 4.3 of the FHS 2.1: Which in turn suggests the proper solution: ask on the FHS lists, and maybe on ada/gnat developer lists. Try to find an answer that applies to everyone, not just to Debian, and I suspect

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:06:24PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:18:20AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages > > > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Florian Weimer wrote: > What about the Ada case? GNAT pretty much requires that complete > source code is present for all compilation units at compilation (and > binding/linking) time. And package specs are very similar to C header > files, at least with the GNAT compilation model. Qu

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Florian Weimer
Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Previously Florian Weimer wrote: > > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages > > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories > > under /usr/include? > > I'ld say no. Those languages don't use include files,

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Florian Weimer
Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:18:20AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages > > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories > > under /usr/include? > > What are "source files" i

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:18:20AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories > under /usr/include? What are "source files" in this context? Note that /usr/include is generally no

Re: Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Florian Weimer wrote: > Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages > (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories > under /usr/include? I'ld say no. Those languages don't use include files, they use libraries. Wichert. --

Non-C/C++/ObjC source files in /usr/include subdirectories

2001-11-21 Thread Florian Weimer
Is it acceptable to put source files for non-C-related languages (such as Python, Perl, Ada, Java, and so on) in subdirectories under /usr/include? It does make some sense, but I don't like this idea. Policy doesn't seem to cover this issue. -- Florian Weimer[EMAIL PROTECTED