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Subject: [gentoo-dev] doing away with gnome-libs
From: <drobbins () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2001-03-17 20:38:02
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Hi All,
I think that we need to eliminate gnome-libs and move all of its contents to
other *-libs directories. The reason? The existence of gnome-libs creates
lots of problems for other non-gnome programs that use these libraries. For
example, I'm trying to install libxslt on the server, which lives in
gnome-libs. The problem is that it installs itself into /opt/gnome/libs.
However, since I don't have gnome on my server, the libraries and binaries
aren't found by other programs. To eliminate problems like this, I think we
should:
1. remove gnome-libs
2. create new categories as Achim suggests (ml/markup-libs, etc)
3. move the contents of gnome-libs to other *-libs categories
4. ensure that these libraries install into /usr/lib --
if they depend on X, /usr/X11R6/lib
5. ensure that gnome finds and links to the libraries in these
new locations.
And, I think it would be best if we avoid storing libraries in /opt/gnome/lib
and /opt/kde/lib unless they *absolutely, positively* will never be used for
anything but a KDE or GNOME app. If there is even a slight possibility that
they could be used for a non-GNOME or non-KDE app, they should be stored in
/usr/lib or /usr/X11R6/lib to allow for maximum flexibility on non-KDE and
GNOME systems.
Best Regards,
--
Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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