Re: about the packages: directory names and places

dv> 4/ Importance: 5/5 dv> Currently, the default prefix is ${prefix}/lib/xemacs. There, I'm dv> gonna be very direct, sorry, but this is the *WRONG* place. Everything in dv> packages is architecture independant: info files, etc random stuff, lisp and dv> bytecode. So all this stuff should go at least under ${prefix}/share/ and not dv> lib. Many people mount /share by NFS on heterogeneous networks exactly because dv> it is meant for arch-independant stuff. I have almost all of the packages dv> installed and this represents about 50Mo. Preserving 50Mo sounds worth it to dv> me, if by any chance you wouldn't be convinced that it's better to use share/ dv> rather than lib/. I'll disagree on this point: The distinction is between ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix}. LOTS of GNU packages install arch-independent stuff into lib: emacs (good to be compatible here!) perl5 tcl rpm python ...