Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:34:37 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: RLIM_INFINITY inconsistency between archs |
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Khimenko Victor wrote:
> Yeah, of course. Just FHS closed this way as well. Yes, I (as distribution > maker) can make /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-linux symlink to > /usr/local/lib/perl but since > -- cut -- > This directory should always be empty after first installing a > FHS-compliant system. No exceptions to this rule should be made other > than the listed directory stubs. > -- cut -- > I (as distribution maker) can not create /usr/local/lib/perl directory. > Thus perl's make install will mysteriously fail while trying to install > stuff.
Thank God. /usr/local is often shared, quite possibly readonly, and if distribution packages messed with this, it would be impossible to use them.
-hpa
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