Re: Cross-compilers

1999-04-10 Thread Martin Mitchell
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you may be reading too much into the word "large". The complete > paragaph: > > No large package (such as TeX and GNU Emacs) should use a direct > subdirectory of /usr. Instead, there should be a subdirectory within > /usr/lib (or /usr/local/

Re: Cross-compilers

1999-04-10 Thread Joey Hess
Martin Mitchell wrote: > Indeed, and if you note the last point, the X Window System is excepted due > to "considerable precedent and widely-accepted practice." I'd say the same > is true of cross compiling environments. I'd say it isn't, because the fsstnd doesn't exempt it. > Rather than do thi

Re: Cross-compilers

1999-04-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 01:42:34PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Martin Mitchell wrote: > > Indeed, and if you note the last point, the X Window System is excepted due > > to "considerable precedent and widely-accepted practice." I'd say the same > > is true of cross compiling environments. > > I'd sa

Re: Cross-compilers

1999-04-10 Thread Joey Hess
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 01:42:34PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > Martin Mitchell wrote: > > > Indeed, and if you note the last point, the X Window System is excepted > > > due > > > to "considerable precedent and widely-accepted practice." I'd say the same > > > is true of

wrt cross compilers and fhs

1999-04-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, a dispute on the Debian list is the correct path for cross compiler specific files. The GNU convention is to use /usr/${GNU_TYPE} is the path for cross building environments, GNU_TYPE being HWARCH-SYSTEM (or even more specific HWARCH-VENDOR-SYSTEM, and lately there is a fourth field I forgot)