libsml2 & libxslt config files location
Alexander Nedotsukov
bland at FreeBSD.org
Mon Dec 22 03:22:11 PST 2003
Dmitry,
Dmitry Sivachenko wrote:
>Hello!
>
>Why libxml2 and libxslt ports install xml2Conf.sh and xsltConf.sh files in
>$PREFIX/etc? /etc directory is for files which user is supposed to edit
>to adjust program behaviour. These files does not contain anything to
>edit. Probably they should be install either in $PREFIX/bin or
>$PREFIX/share/... ?
>
>What do people think?
>
I think your current assumption of /etc directory purpose is wrong.
It's personal port preference to install these files info confexecdir. On Linux this usually lib/ but on FreeBSD we have different policy and etc/ looks like apropriate place. In short I do not see any hier(7) violation here.
All the best,
Alexander.
>Thanks!
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